In article <p05101001b7a9466866c2@[63.173.138.150]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Morbus Iff) wrote:
> I'm surprised you had errors - in a fit of mad XML loving, I too did expat
> a while agp, and I had no problems with expat.
I just tried to install expat last week, and also had make problems,
though different from Paul's. The two "what, me worry?" responses
prompted me to try installing 1.95.1, as 1.95.2 only came out in late
July. 1.95.1 installed without a hitch on 10.0.4.
I couldn't use CPAN.pm to install XML::Parser, because it didn't know
where to find the library and headers file, but generating the makefile
by hand with:
perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/usr/local/lib/ \
EXPATINCPATH=/usr/local/include/
worked fine, as Mr. Iff suggested, and the module passed all tests.
I'll file a sourceforge bug later today on 1.95.2.
> There's the obvious:
>
> - make sure you're logged in as root.
> - make sure you've got the dev tool CD installed.
Obviously, the dev tools are a prerequisite, but I do not think it
matters if you're logged in as root. You can build anything you like as
an unprivileged user, and use sudo for the final "make install". I've
never unprotected the root account on my OS X machine and have yet to
run across a situation where I wished I had.
-nat
