Installing xmllint

Question

I needed help installing xmllint from this website: http://xmlsoft.org/sources/win32/

In particular, I am not sure which file I am supposed to download - when I click the link for precompiled Windows binaries I am brought to a list of several files and not sure how to proceed.

Answer 1

I had the same problem and it took me two hours to make it work.

1. Download iconv, libxml2, libxmlsec , zlib from ftp://ftp.zlatkovic.com/libxml/
2. Extract the zip file then copy all the files in the bin folder of each download.
3. Paste the files in a folder (mine = XML)
4. Add the 'C:\folderName' (mine = 'C:\XML') in the path system variable. (btw, im using windows 8, for win7 users here's a link http://www.itechtalk.com/thread3595.html) :
   • windows key + r (run window)
   • type control panel then press enter
   • type path in search box
     
   • under System - click edit the system environment variable
   • Under the advanced tab - click environment variables
   • In the System variables look for Path > Edit > add ";C:\folderName"
   • or just type 'path' in search box located in your win8 charms ( I should have thought of that)
5. Make it work (I only type xmllint and I had no idea why I cant see the xmllint window. This is a note for beginners)
   • copy a xml file into the xmllint directory
   • type xmllint --valid --noout fileName.xml
     
     If
     everything's fine, CONGRATS
     Else
     If you also have this warning : failed to load external entity "fileName.xml"
     -- they say its a bug so I downloaded an older version of libxml2 from http://xmlsoft.org/sources/win32/
     OR (I just saw this solution earlier)
     -- assign another folder to your xml files and run xmllint from there.
     In the command window : -cd C:\Users\user name\Documents\XML files
     -once you're inside it, type the xmllint commands e.g. xmllint --valid --noout fileName.xml)

installation:
http://flowingmotion.jojordan.org/2011/10/08/3-steps-to-download-xmllint/ https://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/documentation/tutorials/docsystem/build/tutorials/docbooksys/segmentedhtml/ch03s03.html
bug :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863166

Answer 2

For users of Chocolatey, installing xmllint is rather simple:

choco install xsltproc

This package contains the xmllint, iconv, xmlcatalog, and xsltproc commands, and any dependencies are installed automatically.

Answer 3

Xmllint is part of libxml2-utils package. To install, on Linux use: apt install libxml2-utils

Answer 4

It is true that xmlsoft.org does not have much information about how to install xmllint in Windows.

Perhaps (as already suggested by Quentin in a comment) the information at http://www.zlatkovic.com/libxml.en.html will help you.

Answer 5

@Erik Stabij's solution is the simplest one. You just need to add sudo before the command if you do not have root access. Otherwise, you may get permission denied error. Like,

sudo apt install libxml2-utils

Answer 6

The link from C.M. Sperberg-McQueen is a good starting point. You need to 1) download the libxml2 package, and 2) place the bin folder that comes with this in a directory contained in your PATH environmental variable.

If you don't know how to figure out which directories are in your PATH environmental variable follow this: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm.

Answer 7

at least on centOS:

[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description:    CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core) 
Release:    8.2.2004
Codename:   Core
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 

it's as easy as:

sudo yum install xmlstarlet so that now xmllint is installed as:

[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ xmllint --version
xmllint: using libxml version 20907
   compiled with: Threads Tree Output Push Reader Patterns Writer SAXv1 FTP HTTP DTDValid HTML Legacy C14N Catalog XPath XPointer XInclude Iconv ISO8859X Unicode Regexps Automata Expr Schemas Schematron Modules Debug Zlib Lzma 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$