Compiler can't find libxml/parser.h

Question

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 l

Answer 1

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

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

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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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Answer 2

You should use pkg-config to pass parameters to compiler. Like this

g++ `pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0` example.c -o example.o

and to linker:

g++ `pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0` example.o -o example

Answer 3

if you installed it: sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxml2-doc go into /usr/include/libxml2 and copy or move all content from that folder on a level below: cp -R libxml/ ../ After this for me it works.