Installation¶

RubyGems¶

gem install libxml-ruby

Bundler¶

Add to your Gemfile:

gem 'libxml-ruby'

Specifying libxml2 Location¶

If the build process cannot find libxml2, specify the location of xml2-config:

gem install libxml-ruby -- --with-xml2-config=/path/to/xml2-config

Or with Bundler:

bundle config build.libxml-ruby --with-xml2-config=/path/to/xml2-config
bundle install

You can also specify directories directly:

--with-xml2-dir=/path/to/libxml2
--with-xml2-lib=/path/to/libxml2/lib
--with-xml2-include=/path/to/libxml2/include

Platform Notes¶

Linux / macOS¶

A C compiler is required to build the native extension. libxml2 development headers must be installed:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install libxml2

Windows¶

Install the libxml-ruby gem with a MinGW toolchain via RubyInstaller or MSYS2.

Source Code¶

libxml-ruby's source code is on GitHub.