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Add instructions for installing libxml2 to scrape (#22582)

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The `scrape` sensor platform is scraping information from websites. The sensor loads an HTML page and gives you the option to search and split out a value. As this is not a full-blown web scraper like [scrapy](https://scrapy.org/), it will most likely only work with simple web pages and it can be time-consuming to get the right section. The `scrape` sensor platform is scraping information from websites. The sensor loads an HTML page and gives you the option to search and split out a value. As this is not a full-blown web scraper like [scrapy](https://scrapy.org/), it will most likely only work with simple web pages and it can be time-consuming to get the right section.
If you are not using Home Assistant Container or Home Assistant Operating System, this integration requires `libxml2` to be installed. On Debian based installs, run:
```bash
sudo apt install libxml2
```
To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` file: To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml ```yaml