Compiler can't find libxml/parser.h

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Foo Bar picture Foo Bar · Apr 24, 2015 · Viewed 31.4k times · Source

I am on Debian 8 (Jessie), 64 Bit. I installed libxml2-dev, which now sits in /usr/include/libxml2/libxml.

But when I do (just like libxml docs say)

#include <libxml/parser.h>

I only get when compiling (with gcc)

fatal error: libxml/parser.h: no such file or directory

Notes: On another machine, with an old 64 Bit Suse, where libxml2-dev sits in the exact same path and no other environment vars are set compared to the new Debian, it works perfectly fine. Problem occured while migrating from one to another computer using the exact same makefiles. All other -dev libs that I need just worked (with their documented #include <path>) after the migration (they were all installed with apt-get), only libxml2-dev is not found on compilation.

Do I need to do anything else to make libxml2-dev visible?

Answer

deimus picture deimus · Apr 24, 2015

Try to compile with explicite inclusion where the parser.h file is, i.e. smth like this

g++ -I/usr/include/libxml2/

Following environment variables can also be used for lookup of header files

CPATH
C_INCLUDE_PATH
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH

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