On Aug 28, 2013, at 14:16, Guido Larrain wrote: > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat
> i read somewhere that i need to specified where expat is located. Something > like --with-expat=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/lib:expat > > Can someone tell me if that true? According to the output of "./configure --help", yes, there is a --with-expat option, which you should use to tell it where expat is. > also is that necessary or it can be excluded? I do not know whether expat is optional.