-$ ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 \
- CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/libxml2-min/i686-w64-mingw32/include/libxml2 \
- LDFLAGS=-L/opt/libxml2-min/i686-w64-mingw32/lib
+$ ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32
+
+after having installed the required libraries:
+
+* mingw-w64-gettext
+* mingw-w64-libiconv
+* mingw-w64-libxml2
+* mingw-w64-winpthreads
+* mingw-w64-zlib
+
+Note: zlib and gettext are only necessary when required by the build of libxml2.