newbie question concerning ./configure

[Guy Fraser]

Just a guess but you may need to install libxml2-devel.

On Thu, 2005-06-01 at 20:54 +0100, Peter Lesterhuis wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to get my dvd-writer burn movies. I am following guidelines 
> from linuxworld.com 
> (http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;302870882;fp;2;fpid;37).
> I downloaded "dvdauthor" from sourceforge.net and untared. After the 
> ./configure command many checkings are passing succesfully and then the 
> process comes to a stop displaying the next lines:
> 
> checking for xml2-config... no
> checking for libxml - version >= 2.6.0... no
> *** The xml2-config script installed by LIBXML could not be found
> *** If libxml was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> *** your path, or set the XML2_CONFIG environment variable to the
> *** full path to xml2-config.
> configure: error: You must have libxml2 >= 2.6.0 installed
> 
> Searching for for libxml2 gave me this output:
> 
> [peter at cello dvdauthor-0.6.10]$ locate libxml2
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/drv_libxml2.py
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.la
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.a
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.pyc
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so
> /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.16
> /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16/ChangeLog.gz
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16/TODO
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16/README
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16/AUTHORS
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16/Copyright
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16/NEWS
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader2.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/xpathext.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/pushSAXhtml.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/libxml2class.txt
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/attribs.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/serialize.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/cutnpaste.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/thread2.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/xpath.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/ChangeLog.gz
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/pushSAX.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/indexes.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/index.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/tst.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/python.html
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/TODO
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/inbuf.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/dtdvalid.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/relaxng.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/README
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/sync.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/schema.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/readererr.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader5.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/tstxpath.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader4.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/AUTHORS
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/tstLastError.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader6.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/regexp.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/ctxterror.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader7.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/apibuild.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/Copyright
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/outbuf.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/build.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/push.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/NEWS
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/tstURI.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/walker.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader8.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/resolver.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/xpathret.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/error.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/reader3.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16/validate.py
> /usr/share/doc/libxml2-python-2.6.16
> [peter at cello dvdauthor-0.6.10]$
> 
> Now i don't know what to do next. Should i use $ ./configure 
> --prefix=/usr/share/doc/libxml2-2.6.16
> 
> I guess not. The man-page of configure doesn help me any further. Trying 
> to learn i hope to get some hints.
> I run fc3.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Peter.
> 
> 
> 
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