Forum OpenACS Q&A: Compiling ns_xml error

Hi,

I am trying to install OpenACS 4 and it ns_xml module of aolserver.

I got the ns_xml code from

http://acs-misc.sourceforge.net/nsxml.html

its version 1.4

Now since i use ximian gnome the libxml has been changed.  make had en
error that it cant find the xml headers.

I made a soft link to the gnome xml headers:

<aolserver src>/include/libxml -> /usr/include/gnome-xml/

make still could not continue but hey it now gets the xml headers i
made a small progress.  But i still can finish it.

Here the code:

gcc -I../aolserver/include -D_REENTRANT=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -g -fPIC -Wall
-Wno-unused -mcpu=i686 -DHAVE_CMMSG=1 -DUSE_FIONREAD=1
-DHAVE_COND_EINTR=1  -c -o ns_xml.o ns_xml.c
ns_xml.c: In function `xml_node_command':
ns_xml.c:1133: structure has no member named `children'
ns_xml.c: In function `Ns_ModuleInit':
ns_xml.c:1510: warning: implicit declaration of function `xmlMemSetup'
ns_xml.c:1510: `xmlFreeFunc' undeclared (first use in this function)
ns_xml.c:1510: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ns_xml.c:1510: for each function it appears in.)
ns_xml.c:1510: parse error before `ns_free'
ns_xml.c:1519: warning: implicit declaration of function `xmlInitParser'
make: *** [ns_xml.o] Error 1

I looked at the nsxml.c source saw where it is but cant solve it.
Besides I maybe just using a broken nsxml.c

Can someone help me?

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the great help.  Downloaded the SRPMs so I would know if it
would run my new libs.  The rpms compiled, nsxml compiled... alright!!!!!

So folks.... read the instructions. libxml2

Jun

Hi,

I use rpm ver 4.  on both RH6.2 and RH7.1 i suggest you upgarde your
rpms.  There is an instruction at Redhat to upgrade your rpm its not
straight rpm upgrade.  You have to upgrade your db3 ,etc.

Jun

You only need libxml2-devel to (for example) recompile libxslt.
All you need for nsxml.so and OpenACS 4.x is libxml2; however, when I asked about the need for libxslt support, I was advised by folks here to put libxslt support into my RPMs -- some folks think OpenACS 4 may eventually use some of the XSLT stuff, either by default or when some OpenACS 4.x users want to customize it to do so.

Grabbing the libxslt-1.0.3 SRPM and recompiling it doesn't take all that long.