Hi

I am having the exact same problem. Trying to install libxml2-2.6.31.tar.gz on opensuse 11.0. Opened in terminal and am able to configure and make without any problem. But encounter the following error during make install...

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Making install in include
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include'
Making install in libxml
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include/libxml'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include/libxml'
make install-exec-hook
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include/libxml'
/bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/include/libxml2/libxml
mkdir -p -- /usr/local/include/libxml2/libxml
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/include/libxml2': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-exec-hook] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include/libxml'
make[3]: *** [install-exec-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include/libxml'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include/libxml'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/admin01/Desktop/libxml2-2.6.31/include'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
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Can anyone help me?

Did you

make install
or
sudo make install
?

Try sudo make install (if you have not already...)