Thread: wrong error from ./configure in pgsql 8.3.8 for libxml
Was building pgsql 8.3.8 from source on a new install of Centos 5.2, and got this error from ./configure --with-libxml : checking for xmlSaveToBuffer in -lxml2... no configure: error: library 'xml2' (version >= 2.6.23) is required for XML support But I had libxml2 v 2.6.26 or so installed. The real problem was that libxml2-devel wasn't installed. No big deal, just thought I'd mention it.
Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> writes:
> Was building pgsql 8.3.8 from source on a new install of Centos 5.2,
> and got this error from ./configure --with-libxml :
> checking for xmlSaveToBuffer in -lxml2... no
> configure: error: library 'xml2' (version >= 2.6.23) is required for XML support
> But I had libxml2 v 2.6.26 or so installed. The real problem was that
> libxml2-devel wasn't installed.
Well, in point of fact the library is *not* there so far as configure
can tell --- there's no libxml2.so or libxml2.a file. And in any case
we're not going to put in anything as platform-specific as suggesting
that you might need a -devel RPM (to say nothing of the similar but not
identical packaging conventions on other platforms). I think that's
just something you have to know about if you're building software on Red
Hat-based platforms.
regards, tom lane
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> writes: >> Was building pgsql 8.3.8 from source on a new install of Centos 5.2, >> and got this error from ./configure --with-libxml : > >> checking for xmlSaveToBuffer in -lxml2... no >> configure: error: library 'xml2' (version >= 2.6.23) is required for XML support > >> But I had libxml2 v 2.6.26 or so installed. The real problem was that >> libxml2-devel wasn't installed. > > Well, in point of fact the library is *not* there so far as configure > can tell --- there's no libxml2.so or libxml2.a file. And in any case Ahhh, I see, the regular rpm installs the libxml2.so, the -devel installs the link to libxml2.so.2.6.26 Got it.