8.35. Expat-2.2.9

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

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 14 MB

8.35.1. Installation of Expat

First fix a problem with the regression tests in the LFS environment:

sed -i 's:usr/bin/env :bin/:' run.sh.in

Prepare Expat for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/expat-2.2.9

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

If desired, install the documentation:

install -v -m644 doc/*.{html,png,css} /usr/share/doc/expat-2.2.9

Installed program: xmlwf

Installed libraries: libexpat.so

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/expat-2.2.9

xmlwf	Is a non-validating utility to check whether or not XML documents are well formed
`libexpat`	Contains API functions for parsing XML