RE: Building XML::LibXML on Windows

Michael Ludwig wrote on 2011-06-06:
> I need XML::LibXML on Windows (Win7, but the particular version
> shouldn't matter). I can't use what I'd like to, i.e. ActiveState or
> Strawberry. I have to compile with an in-house built of Perl 5.10.0.
> I'm attaching the "perl -V" at the end of this message.
> 
> The Perl has been built with Visual Studio 9.0. I have VS 10.0 (2010
> Express):
> 
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\cl.EXE
> 
> I've sourced the environment script for VS:
> 
> "%VS100COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat"
> 
> The latest version of libxml2 is here:
> 
> C:\OPT\LIBXML2
> ├───bin          - .exe and .dll
> ├───include      - headers
> │   ├───libxml
> │   └───openssl
> └───lib          - .lib files (import libraries for DLLs)
> 
> C:\Opt\libxml2\bin is in the PATH.
> 
> So I downloaded the current tarball and ran "perl Makefile.PL":
> 
> C:\Opt\Src\XML-LibXML-1.70 :: perl Makefile.PL
> enable native perl UTF8
> looking for -lxml2... no
> looking for -llibxml2... no
> libxml2 not found
> Try setting LIBS and INC values on the command line
> 
> I tried various ways of specifying LIBS and INC on the command line.
> Part of the problem is that I'm not sure *what* to specify in LIBS and
> INC.
> 
> perl Makefile.PL ^ LIBS="-LC:\Opt\libxml2\bin -llibxml2 -lzlib -lzlib" ^
> INCLUDE=-IC:\Opt\libxml2\include
> 
> Same outcome as without explicit LIBS and INCLUDE.
> 
> Adding DEBUG=1 to the Makefile.PL arguments elicits a lengthy output,
> which I'm going to append.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue on how to proceed here?
> 

I do it by adding libxml2's INCLUDE and LIB folders to the %INCLUDE% and %LIB% environment variables in the command prompt, after setting up the vsvars32 environment:

	set INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\Opt\libxml2\include
	set LIB=%LIB%;C:\Opt\libxml2\lib

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