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libxml2-2.5.11

Introduction to libxml2

The libxml2 package contains XML libraries. These are useful for parsing XML files.

Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml2/2.5/libxml2-2.5.11.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.xmlsoft.org/libxml2-2.5.11.tar.gz
Download size: 2.9 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 41.8 MB
Estimated build time: 0.97 SBU

Install libxml2 by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

The libxml2 package contains libxml2 libraries, xmllint and xmlcatalog.

libxml2 libraries provide the functions for programs to parse files that use the XML format.

xmllint parses XML files and outputs reports (based upon options) to detect errors in XML coding.

xmlcatalog allows users to monitor and manipulate XML and SGML catalogs.

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