You might need the -dev version to get a plain "libxml2.so" in addition to the version with an soname in it. I thought Julia should be able to find the soname versions too, but maybe not?
On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 5:34:12 AM UTC-7, Ján Adamčák wrote: > > I tried sudo apt-get install libxml2, but I got answer from ubuntu: > > libxml2 is already the newest version (2.9.3+dfsg 1-1ubuntu0.1). > libxml2 is tagged as manually installed. > > But from julia I got same answer: > > ERROR: error compiling call: could not load library "libxml2" > > > > Dňa sobota, 24. septembra 2016 14:18:27 UTC+2 Kaj Wiik napísal(-a): >> >> Try >> >> sudo apt install libxml2 >> >> >> >> On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 12:52:46 PM UTC+3, Ján Adamčák wrote: >>> >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> I tried use LightXML on Ubuntu 16.04, but I got an error: >>> >>> ERROR: error compiling call: could not load library "libxml2" >>> >>> Can You help me? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Log: >>> >>> _ >>> _ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing >>> (_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org >>> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?help" for help. >>> | | | | | | |/ _` | | >>> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.4.5 (2016-03-18 00:58 UTC) >>> _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | >>> |__/ | x86_64-linux-gnu >>> >>> julia> Pkg.status() >>> No packages installed >>> >>> julia> Pkg.add("LightXML") >>> INFO: Cloning cache of Compat from git:// >>> github.com/JuliaLang/Compat.jl.git >>> INFO: Cloning cache of LightXML from git:// >>> github.com/JuliaIO/LightXML.jl.git >>> INFO: Installing Compat v0.9.2 >>> INFO: Installing LightXML v0.4.0 >>> INFO: Building LightXML >>> INFO: Package database updated >>> INFO: METADATA is out-of-date — you may not have the latest version of >>> LightXML >>> INFO: Use `Pkg.update()` to get the latest versions of your packages >>> >>> julia> Pkg.update() >>> INFO: Updating METADATA... >>> INFO: Computing changes... >>> INFO: No packages to install, update or remove >>> >>> julia> using LightXML >>> INFO: Precompiling module LightXML... >>> >>> julia> # create an empty XML document >>> xdoc = XMLDocument() >>> ERROR: error compiling call: could not load library "libxml2" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
