Problem compiling v2.2.1 --with-libxml2

[Saichovsky]

Hi all,

I am trying to compile zabbix binaries (version 2.2.1) for myself with VMware monitoring support and I have installed libxml2, but ./configure always ends with these lines:

checking for xml2-config... /usr/bin/xml2-config
checking for xmlReadMemory in -lxml2... no
configure: error: Not found libxml2 library

What am I to do in order to get past this hurdle? Thanks.

S.

[tchjts1]

Try also installing libxml2-devel then do a compile.
Hope that fixes it for you.

[cesarsj]

That didn't work for me on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

[Saichovsky]

Hey tchjts1,

I'm compiling on Debian Squeeze. The package on Debian is libxml2-dev, which I already have installed but the error keeps showing up. See below (All lines starting with 'i' have packages which are already installed)

debian@debian:~/zabbix-2.2.1$ aptitude search libxml2
i A libglobus-libxml2               - Globus Toolkit - LibXML2 Library          
i   libglobus-libxml2-dev           - Globus Toolkit - LibXML2 Library Developme
i   libxml2                         - GNOME XML library                         
i   libxml2-dbg                     - Debugging symbols for the GNOME XML librar
i   libxml2-dev                     - Development files for the GNOME XML librar
p   libxml2-doc                     - Documentation for the GNOME XML library   
i A libxml2-utils                   - XML utilities                             
i A python-libxml2                  - Python bindings for the GNOME XML library 
p   python-libxml2-dbg              - Python bindings for the GNOME XML library 
v   python2.5-libxml2               -                                           
v   python2.5-libxml2-dbg           -                                           
v   python2.6-libxml2               -                                           
v   python2.6-libxml2-dbg           -                                           
debian@debian:~/zabbix-2.2.1$

[Ropetin]

Can you list your full ./configure? Are you trying to enable static binaries by any chance?

[Saichovsky]

Hey Ropetin,

I was attempting to compile using the --enable-static switch. I have disabled it and so far I have been successful. I only ran into another hitch where ./configure complained that javac was not in the executable path, so I have had to compile without the --enable-java option, even though the $JAVA_HOME/bin was in the $PATH

[tchjts1]

./configure complained that javac was not in the executable path, so I have had to compile without the --enable-java option, even though the $JAVA_HOME/bin was in the $PATH

Whenever I compile with java enabled, I export the paths like this prior to compiling:

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.7.0_07
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

[anishkvmca]

In CentOs "yum install libxml2-devel"

It resolved my error