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Is my libxml2 2.9.2 buggy?

I was having problems using the editing software Sigil. I've used Sigil for years and never had a problem. But with Xubuntu 15.04 I'm suddenly having problems. Specifically, Sigil doesn't split chapters properly and it doubles non-breaking spaces (nbsps). I was in a Sigil forum and someone told me to run this command.

Code:

gregg@LG:~/Desktop$ cd /usr/lib

gregg@LG:/usr/lib$ find ./ -name "libxml2*"

./i386-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2.9.2

./i386-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2

./x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2.9.2

./x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2

./x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0/libxml2-2.0.typelib

gregg@LG:/usr/lib$

And then gave me this analysis.

To make matters worse, Qt XML libraries are linked to your external libxm2 so my fear is that it is not a buggy version so much as it is a mismatch between the version the source of QXml in Qt was built for and the version on the person's system.

I certainly hope libxml2 2.9.2 has not put back in broken behaviour just because someone else called it a reversion!

Being a newbie I'm not really able to interpret his analysis or know if there is anything I can do to correct the situation.

This is not a killer problem and I can use workarounds to get my work done on Sigil but it would be nice to fix the problem if it's possible.

Thanks.

i don't use sigil.
i guess that guy from the forums just wanted to know your libxml2 version - i have the same:

Code:

find -name 'libxml2*'

./libxml2.so.2.9.2

./libxml2.so.2

./python2.7/site-packages/libxml2.py

./python2.7/site-packages/libxml2mod.so

./libxml2.so

./cmake/libxml2

./cmake/libxml2/libxml2-config.cmake

./girepository-1.0/libxml2-2.0.typelib

i use xmllint in my weather conky and it works, and has worked for a while.
that forum poster is probably right to point out how qt links to libxml, but i have no ideas of the implications.

brainstorming:

- open a terminal, type "xml" and press Tab twice.

- try a different version of sigil? at least on archlinux, i have the choice between the git version (AUR) and the community version.

- check out issues (both open and solved) on sigil's github pages

I also have the same versions of libxml2 on my Debian Testing box. One thing I noticed is that the version offered on Debian Testing is 0.8.7+dfsg-3. The version offered on my Ubuntu 14.04 laptop is 0.8.0+git20141005.15009369-0ubuntu0~sunab~trusty1. What version do you have on 15.04? Do you have anything that we can test sigil with? a chunk from a epub document that shows the two problems you mention in your post?
jdk

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho (Post 5436236)

i don't use sigil.
i guess that guy from the forums just wanted to know your libxml2 version - i have the same:

Code:

find -name 'libxml2*'

./libxml2.so.2.9.2

./libxml2.so.2

./python2.7/site-packages/libxml2.py

./python2.7/site-packages/libxml2mod.so

./libxml2.so

./cmake/libxml2

./cmake/libxml2/libxml2-config.cmake

./girepository-1.0/libxml2-2.0.typelib

Thanks ondoho. Someone in the Sigil forum gave me a file (libxml2.so.2_x64) that I can put in my Sigil directory that should take care of it. (Turns out other people were having the same issue.) Appreciate you responding.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye (Post 5436259)

Thanks LZM. Other people were having the same problem and one of the Sigil guys gave me a file (libxml2.so.2_x64) to put in my Sigil directory that should take care of the problem. Phew! Thanks for the info but I'm glad I don't have to get too deep into this one. Appreciate it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell (Post 5436980)

That's good news. And have you tried out the libxml2.so.2_x64 file and does it fix your problem? Is libxml2.so.2_x64 really the file name? I have the libxml2.so.2 but I have nothing called libxml2.so.2_x64. My libxml2.so.2 is in the /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ folder as well as the libreoffice and calibre folders.
jdk

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdkaye (Post 5437013)

Haven't tried the file yet, LZM. There was some issue as to how difficult it might be to install (and some guy gave me a terminal way of doing it) and since I don't need it for a while I put it off. This is the exact file name.

Code:

libxml2.so.2_x64