fail on libxml2 make
 

In function 'open',
inlined from 'xmlNanoHTTPSave' at nanohttp.c:1578:
/usr/include/bits/fcntl2.h:51: error: call to '__open_missing_mode' declared with attribute error: open with O_CREAT in second argument needs 3 arguments
make[2]: *** [nanohttp.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/brady/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.8'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/brady/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.8'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideas?

'libxml2' is probably already installed, version 2.6.32 ?

You may need 'libxml2-dev' . Install it with Synaptic or
'sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev'

And don't try to compile a different version, will just
mess up things.
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Again : Never try to build "system files" which can be
installed with the package manager.
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Also try out this command : apt-cache search libxml2
to know, what is available.
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