[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Need for libxml2-dev in order to compile liblouisxml

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:25:06 -0600

Bert,

Welcome to the list. I think you should get the source for libxml2 and 
build it on your Macbook. The Debian package is probably unsuitable. I 
have an older Mac that runs liblouisxml. Let us know if you have further 
problems.

John

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 02:08:44PM +0100, Bert Frees wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to compile liblouisxml on my macbook, but I get stuck on an  
> error:
> 
> checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: Package  
> requirements (liblouis, libxml-2.0) were not met:
> No package 'libxml-2.0' found
> 
> I allready got the libxml2 library, but after a quick google i found  
> out that i need the debian package "libxml2-dev". The problem i  
> encounter now is:
> 
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing libxml2-dev_2.7.6.dfsg-1_i386.deb (-- 
> install):
>  package architecture (i386) does not match system (darwin-i386)
> 
> I'm new to the concept of debian packages so this may be a silly  
> question. But does this mean there is no way i can install liblouisxml  
> on my mac?
> 
> Kind regards
> Bert Frees
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