When I ./configure ogle, I get..

*** 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.

I did "find / -name xml2-config" and nothing turned up, so as suggested in similar threads on this site, I downloaded the rpm, only to find...

rpm -Uhv libxml2-2.5.3-12.i586.rpm
package libxml2-2.5.3-12 is already installed

!!! I'm at a loss. TIA for any help.

Regards,
unholy.

One possibility is that you have both libxml2 and libxml installed. The two packages are not as separate as they should be. Check to see if both are installed with:

rpm -qi libxml
rpm -qi libxml2
rpm -qi libxml-devel
rpm -qi libxml2-devel


If both packages are installed then the one that works better is the one that was installed most recently. So you might be able to fix the problem with:

rpm --nodeps -e libxml2-dev
rpm --nodeps -e libxml2
rpm -Uhv libxml2-2.5.3-12.i586.rpm
rpm -Uhv libxml2-devel-2.5.3-12.i586.rpm

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Steve Stites

Thanks jailbait, you hit the nail on the head. Both libxml and libxml2 are installed. Im not sure I understand youre suggested solution though. Would this be right..

rpm --nodeps -e libxml
rpm -Uhv libxml2.xxxxxxx.rpm

?

"Would this be right.."

That is one possible solution. It is possible to have both libxml and libxml2 installed at the same time. It is better that libxml2 be the one installed the most recently. So you could get by with uninstalling libxml2 and installing it again.

You probably need the development lib since you are doing a ./configure. The development libs are either/or. You need to remove libxml-devel and install libxml2-devel. Red Hat may have slightly different names for the development lib packages.


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Excellent, that worked. Thanks a lot! I installed libxml2 and libxml2-devel after removing libxml and libxml2.

" I installed libxml2 and libxml2-devel after removing libxml and libxml2."

You may run across the odd program that fails because it needs libxml instead of libxml2. If so then install libxml again. My configuration works fine as:

libxml
libxml2
libxml2-devel




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Ok, now i get this

*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.

I queried the rpm database, and I have gtk. I take it I need the devel package too?

"I queried the rpm database, and I have gtk. I take it I need the devel package too?"

Yes. That is true for many packages. ./configure checks to make sure that both the package and package-devel are installed.



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I've just realised that although ogle now works, galeon and evolution do not. They couldn't find libxml. I installed libxml and now ogle will not work. (sigh).

I think that the three libraries have to be installed in this order:

libxml
libxml2
libxml2-devel

You may also have to start upgrading any package that needs libxml to a version that uses libxml2.


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Sorry jailbait, I haven't been getting email notification. I'm using mplayer now, and I've uninstalled ogle. i do everything from source now and I have no problems. Thanks for your help.

Regards,
unholy.