Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 8. General Libraries

Expat-1.95.8

Introduction to Expat

The expat package contains a stream oriented C library for parsing XML.

Package Information

Expat Dependencies

Optional

Check (for running the test suite)

Installation of Expat

Install expat by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: xmlwf
Installed Library: libexpat.[so,a]
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

xmlwf

is a non-validating utility to check whether or not XML documents are well formed.

libexpat.[so,a]

contains API functions for parsing XML.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600