you might want to try building it from the actual distro if you're using the Fink libxml libraries, i know that with XML::Parser, i have to actually set the path to expat in the Makefile.pl file to get it to build with my darwinports expat.
hth, - brian > Hi all, > > I need to re-install XML::LibXML after a harddisk failure, and I can't > remember how I did it the first time around. Here is how I tried it: > First, I installed the LibXML and LibXML2 libraries using Fink. Then, I > ran: > > sudo cpan -i XML::LibXML > > First it looked good, but at several points in the process got a message > of the following type: > > > Writing Makefile for XML::NamespaceSupport > -- NOT OK > Running make test > Can't test without successful make > Running make install > make had returned bad status, install seems impossible > > > I had trouble with "make" trying to install another software (remind), > too. Maybe my unix system is broken somehow? That would be strange since > it is pretty much a fresh installation. > > Does anybody know what might be the problem? > > Ingo