configure: error: Can't find expat library. Please install expat.

[Dan Nicholson]

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Claessens <lt_dan at alltel.net> wrote:
> Configure stops at the following:
>
> checking for XML_ParserCreate in -lexpat... no
> configure: error: Can't find expat library. Please install expat.
>
> expat is installed version: Expat, Release 2.0.1
>
> Tried a reboot
>
> Still no joy.
>
> I am not a command line junkie. I am installing this because I need to
> install PCSC Lite which requires HAL.

Most likely, the linker does not know where to find expat. This would
happen if it's installed outside of the linker's default search paths,
like in /usr/local. Try adding the switch --with-expat=/usr/local to
configure, replacing /usr/local with your expat directory.

--
Dan