[BioC] installing XML in linux

[Douglas Bates]

You will need to install the Debian package libxml-dev before you can
install the R XML package.

Mahbub Latif <ahmlatif at yahoo.com> writes:

> I was trying to install XML package in a linux
> (dabian) machine and got the following error message.
> I am not sure whether there is any error in my linux
> installion. I appreciate suggestions to install XML
> properly in this machine. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mahbub.
> 
> ######Errors#### 
> $ R CMD INSTALL -l /usr/local/lib/R/library/
> XML_0.93-4.tar.gz 
> * Installing *source* package 'XML' ...
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
> cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for xml-config... no
> checking for libxml/parser.h... no
> checking for gnome-xml/parser.h... no
> checking for libxml/parser.h... (cached) no
> checking for gnome-xml/parser.h... (cached) no
> checking for libxml/parser.h... (cached) no
> Cannot find parser.h. Set the value of the environment
> variable
>     LIBXML_INCDIR
> to point to where it can be found.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'XML'