Lars,
Thanks! I assumed (incorrectly!) that later versions would be compatible with the
earlier ones. I will download the 1.8.5 later today (and libxml-devel) and post a
short note if that fixes the problem.
Patrick
Lars Clausen wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am attempting to install Dia 0.86 on a Redhat 6.1 box and keep getting
> > the error:
> >
> > checking for libxml >= 1.8.5... configure: error: you need libxml >=
> > 1.8.5 for this version of dia
> >
> > I installed libxml2-2.2.2 to cure this problem (and ran ldconf) but I am
> ^
> There is your problem. I believe libxml2 is a very different and probably
> totally incompatible beast than libxml. Get a version >= 1.8.5 of libxml
> and try again.
>
> > getting the same error.
> >
> > Should I hack the install script or have I missed a step somewhere in
> > the process?
>
> Remember also to install libxml-devel, which is needed for compilation. If
> you only have libxml-1.8.x, you can only use a precompiled version (RPM).
>
> -Lars
>
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