0.Assuming your perform your builds in $D directory and suggested subdirectories. 1.What is the process to compile Parser3? As most UNIX libraries Parser3 follows the "standard": mkdir $D/parser3project cd $D/parser3project gunzip -c parser3src.xxx.tar.gz | tar xvf - cd parser3 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make By default your would get 'parser3' binary without support of these features: * cache(hashfile class) * xml(xdoc and xnode classes) 2.What is the process to install Parser3? make install Installation layout: $prefix/bin/ parser3 -- CGI and command line Parser3 interpreter $prefix/etc/ parser3.conf -- main configuration file parser3.charsets/ -- charset definition files windows-1251.cfg -- cyrillic charset [windows-1251 encoding] koi8-r.cfg -- cyrillic charset [KOI8-R encoding] windows-1250.cfg -- central europian charset [windows-1250 encoding] NOTE: For subsequent compilations+installs to prevent configuration files to be overwritten use make install-exec it will update parser3 binary only. 2.What other libraries are needed to compile/install libxml ? * You can compile and use parser without any additional libraries. That would be 'basic' version of it. * In case you wish cache(hashfile class) support you need library libdb 2.x.x >= 2.7.7 on your system, and specify it to Parser3 configure script. Installation sequence of this library to $D/BerkeleyDB: cd db-2.x.x cd build_unix ../dist/configure --prefix=$D make install Parser3 configure option is --with-db2=$D/BerkeleyDB * In case you wish xml(xdoc and xnode classes) support you need libraries libxml2 >= 2.3.6 libxslt >= 1.0.9 glib >= 1.2.10 gdome2 >= 0.7.0 on your system, and specify path to them to Parser3 configure script. Sources of these two libraries must be patched prior to compile: * libxml2 * libxslt Installation sequence of these libraries to $D/gnome: libxml2: cd libxml2-x.x.x patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxml_error_column_tab.patch patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxml_htmloutput_of_xslemptyattr_emptyquotes.patch patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxml_transcoder_context1.patch patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxml_transcoder_context2.patch patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxml_transcoder_context3.patch patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxml_transcoder_context4.patch ./configure --prefix=$D/gnome make install libxslt: cd libxslt-x.x.x patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libxslt_html_output_no_charset_meta.patch ./configure --with-libxml-prefix=$D/gnome --prefix=$D/gnome --without-debug --without-debugger make install glib: [ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-1.2.10.tar.gz] cd glib-x.x.x ./configure --prefix=$D/gnome make install gdome2: ./configure --with-glib-prefix=$D/gnome --disable-glibtest --with-libxml-prefix=$D/gnome --prefix=$D/gnome make install And patch+copy these additional headers into install includes directory patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libgdome_cpp_syntax1.patch patch -p0 < $D/parser3project/parser3/src/patches/libgdome_cpp_syntax2.patch mkdir $D/gnome/include/libgdome/gdomecore cp libgdome/gdomecore/gdome-xml-node.h $D/gnome/include/libgdome/gdomecore cp libgdome/gdomecore/gdome-xml-document.h $D/gnome/include/libgdome/gdomecore Parser3 configure option is --with-gnome-xml=$D/gnome Alexandr Petrosian(PAF) $Id: INSTALL,v 1.2 2002/01/31 11:11:43 paf Exp $