[postgis-users] missing libxml2.la file when compiling PostGIS 2.1.1 from Source on Ubuntu 12.04

[Paolo Corti]

Hi list

When compiling PostGIS 2.1.1 I am getting the following error on my
Ubuntu 12.04 box (when making):

...
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/gis/postgis/postgis-2.1.1/raster/loader'
gcc -g -O2  -fPIC -DPIC  -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -I../rt_core
-I../../liblwgeom  -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include   -c
raster2pgsql.c
/bin/bash ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2  -fPIC -DPIC  -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I../rt_core -I../../liblwgeom
-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include   ../rt_core/librtcore.a
raster2pgsql.o ../../liblwgeom/liblwgeom.la -L/usr/local/lib -lgdal
-L/usr/lib -lgeos_c  -lc -lm -o raster2pgsql
libtool: link: cannot find the library
`/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxml2.la' or unhandled argument
`/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxml2.la'
make[2]: *** [raster2pgsql] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/gis/postgis/postgis-2.1.1/raster/loader'
make[1]: *** [rtloader] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/gis/postgis/postgis-2.1.1/raster'

Effectively, the libxml2.la file is not on my computer.
The libxml2 and libxml2-dev versions I am using is the one from ubuntu
precise repository:

2.8.0+dfsg1-5ubuntu2.2~precise1
2.8.0+dfsg1-5ubuntu2.2~precise1

any hint? Upgrading libxml2?
Note: I can successfully compile PostGIS 2.0.2 in the same machine.

thanks a lot
p

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