Error while installing X11R6.8.2

[Ravi "Net o' phile"]

It is an xml parser, I dont know what will happen without it, guess
some links within docs wud not work while browsing.
check out xml.com for info..

On 10/4/05, Nupur <channu.j at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your replies.
> I have one more query, if you can help.
> What does expat do?
> and on what basis should i decide whether to install expat or disable
> it in hosts.def?
>
> Regards,
> Nupur
>
> On 10/4/05, Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb at laas.fr> wrote:
> > Nupur wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I am working on Redhat distribution-7.0, in which i've upgraded
> > > binutils, gcc, glibc, module-init tools. The kernel i am using is
> > > 2.6.12.
> > >
> > > As my system was using 2.2 kernel and i wanted to upgrade it to 2.6, i
> > > had to upgrade the above mentioned packages. Now, I want to upgrade
> > > the GUI interface as well, which is not working in 2.6.12.
> > >
> > > I started with XFree86 and got few errors. Then from mailing list
> > > suggestions, I have downloaded the source files from x.org and now
> > > after running command :
> > >                            make world > world.log > 2>&1
> > >
> > > I am getting the following errors in world.log:
> > >
> > > xmlconfig.c:34:19: expat.h: No such file or directory
> > > xmlconfig.c:139: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `XML_Char'
> >
> > >
> > > Can you please help?
> >
> > You need to install the expat-devel package, or set HasExpat to NO in
> > your host.def file before starting the build.
> >
> > --
> >                                        Matthieu
> >
>


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