FBX - libxml issue on Linux (Ubuntu)

Ubuntu 18.04, setup : https://gitlab.inria.fr/radili/fbxsdk_python

Upon completion of the setup, Ramana am able to import FBX, but faced errors while importing modules of FBX :

More specifically, at this line : https://gitlab.inria.fr/lhoyet/pynimation/-/blob/master/Source/AnimationFileFormats/FBXLoader.py#L10

The error I face is due to FBX unable to locate libxml2. Further details regarding the issue can be seen here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fbx-forum/linking-fbxsdk-2019-2-with-libxml2/td-p/8993807.

Have you faced similar issues before? If so, how did you circumvent it?