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xmllint

I recently upgraded to osx lion and when I now try to use xmllint I get the following error:


Wilberts-MacBook-Pro:mess-trunk wilbert$ xmllint

Launch of "xmllint" failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported.

Wilberts-MacBook-Pro:mess-trunk wilbert$ which xmllint

/opt/local/bin/xmllint


How do I fix this?

Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 27, 2012 1:50 PM

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Mar 27, 2012 1:57 PM in response to wfpol

Lion does not support PPC-only software. The version of xmllint you have installed is apparently not compatible with Intel hardware.


Fix: Update xmllint to an Intel compatible version. Snow Leopard and Lion install their own version of xmllint that is compatible, so either you've upgraded over a really old version of OS X or installed your own copy of xmllint.


The one installed on my system works perfectly.

Mar 28, 2012 12:29 AM in response to wfpol

I started out with 10.3 and have been upgrading an migration through a few versions since then.


I kind of expected the OSX migration wizard to fix this for me and overwrite any unsupported with it's own working copy of that executable. My question still remains, how do I get Lion to put back it's own, working, copy of xmllint?


@Kappy:

Btw, the /usr/bin one is a hard link to /opt/local/bin/xmllint.

xmllint

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