I am installing a perl module XML::LibXML

when i executed perl Makefile.PL

i got below errors:

enable native perl UTF8
running xml2-config... failed
using fallback values for LIBS and INC
options:
LIBS='-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -lm'
INC='-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include'
If this is wrong, Re-run as:
$ /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL LIBS='-L/path/to/lib' INC='-I/path/to/include'

looking for -lxml2... no
libxml2 not found
Try setting LIBS and INC values on the command line
Or get libxml2 from
http://www.libxml.org/
If you install via RPMs, make sure you also install the -devel
RPMs, as this is where the headers (.h files) are.




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I have downloaded libxml2

and executing

/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL LIBS='-L/usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib64/ -lxml2' INC='-I/home/vse/gaurav/test/libxml2-2.9.2/include'



But again i got the same error.

Please guide me.

The Perl module is an interface to the library, so the library must already be installed on your system before you can install the Perl code.

For RedHat-based systems, this would be something like: You should install the Perl module the same way that you installed Perl. If you built it from source, then you are doing the right thing. If it was installed as part of the distro, then there is probably a package for the Perl module. For Redhat it would be:

If there is no package, then you can use cpan to install it rather than go through the manual steps.

And, not to "diss" LQ, I would invite you to visit http://www.perlmonks.org, a somewhat-prickly place that is nevertheless dedicated to the Perl language.