unless ($expat_libpath) { # Test for existence of libexpat my $found = 0; foreach (split(/\s+/, $Config{libpth})) { if (-f "$_/libexpat." . $Config{so}) { $expat_libpath=$_; $found = 1; last; } }

  if (!$found and $^O eq 'MSWin32') {
    if (-f 'C:/lib/Expat-2.0.0/Libs/libexpat.dll') {
      $expat_libpath = 'C:/lib/Expat-2.0.0/Libs';
      $expat_incpath = 'C:/lib/Expat-2.0.0/Source/lib';
      $found = 1;
    }

  }
  if ($found) {
    print "libexpat found in $expat_libpath\n";
  }

  unless ($found) {
    warn <<'Expat_Not_Installed;';

Expat must be installed prior to building XML::Parser and I can't find it in the standard library directories. Install 'expat-devel' package with your OS package manager.

Or you can download expat from:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/

If expat is installed, but in a non-standard directory, then use the following options to Makefile.PL:

    EXPATLIBPATH=...  To set the directory in which to find libexpat

    EXPATINCPATH=...  To set the directory in which to find expat.h

For example:

    perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/home/me/lib EXPATINCPATH=/home/me/include

Note that if you build against a shareable library in a non-standard location you may (on some platforms) also have to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable at run time for perl to find the library.

Expat_Not_Installed; exit 0; } }