From: Douglas Bates (bates@stat.wisc.edu)
Date: Mon 09 Jun 2003 - 22:09:19 EST
Message-id: <6rptln311s.fsf@bates4.stat.wisc.edu>
You will need to install the Debian package libxml-dev before you can
install the R XML package.
Mahbub Latif <ahmlatif@yahoo.com> writes:
> I was trying to install XML package in a linux
> (dabian) machine and got the following error message.
> I am not sure whether there is any error in my linux
> installion. I appreciate suggestions to install XML
> properly in this machine.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mahbub.
>
> ######Errors####
> $ R CMD INSTALL -l /usr/local/lib/R/library/
> XML_0.93-4.tar.gz
> * Installing *source* package 'XML' ...
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a
> cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for xml-config... no
> checking for libxml/parser.h... no
> checking for gnome-xml/parser.h... no
> checking for libxml/parser.h... (cached) no
> checking for gnome-xml/parser.h... (cached) no
> checking for libxml/parser.h... (cached) no
> Cannot find parser.h. Set the value of the environment
> variable
> LIBXML_INCDIR
> to point to where it can be found.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'XML'
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