LibXML Compile Error: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol‘ can not be used when making a

LibXML Compile Error: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC Last Modified: Mar 4, 2011, 11:39 pm

If you get the following error during a libxml compile with a 64-bit system: /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/libm.a(s_floor.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/libm.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status It means the configure needs to be changed. Usually, for an -fPIC error like this, the best way is to recompile the source library to resolve the issue, then recompile libxml the same way. However, in this case, the cause is libml.a, which is part of the OS distribution, so it's better to avoid that, and make everything with the inverse instead. In this case, the solution is to set libxml to not use fPIC or shared libraries. Edit the build script. In the doLibxml2  section, find the line: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --without-python and change it to: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --without-python --disable-shared --without-pic