libxml2-dev is a dependency that is missing for the .deb package

[evandrojr]

crystal spec command throws this error:

 crystal spec
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxml2
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Error: execution of command failed with code: 1: `cc "${@}" -o '/home/j/.cache/crystal/crystal-run-spec.tmp'  -rdynamic  -lxml2 -lpcre -lm -lgc -lpthread /usr/share/crystal/src/ext/libcrystal.a -levent -lrt -ldl -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib`

After the installation of libxml2-dev it works

I guess it a missing dependency

[bararchy]

If crystal spec needs libxml2-dev then it should be added to the deb package as dependency

[straight-shoota]

The proposed solution is to actually remove the dependency. Duplicate of #5662

[bararchy]

Yeha it's a duplicate, @evandrojr we can close this issue and follow up at #5662