text_combined: mike meyer tlfmiredorg tue 04 mar 2008 154432 0800 ned deily wrote article 51951867168434095nz5d8bhudamiredorg mike meyer wrote thu 28 feb 2008 234249 0000 utc medhat gayed wrote lxml good written python difficult install didnt work macos x lxml built top libxml2libxslt bundled unixlike oss including mac os x available package systems trying install repository pita uses easyinstall pyrex later cython packages arent bundled anything hand package system longer macports installed anywhere believe one time solves problems believe theyve excised easyinstall source dependencies though want xml module standard library thats complete id vote source distribution lxml thats c python built top commonly available libraries real issue would making current lxml work outdated versions libraries found current os distributions im sure perceive problems easy_install osx find makes life much simpler managing python packages dont real issue considered rejected inclusion standard library multiple times ops request validating xml parser standard library third party code requires easy_install wont acceptable think lxml best python xml library meets requirements would make life lot easier part standard library however authors tend require recent versions libxml2 libxslt means recent versions lxml wont build andor work libraries bundled many unix unixlike systems including osx means wind build want recent version lxml even youre using system includes lxml package system may since release lxml 20 project updated lxml website useful information source installations particular osx source installations iirc heres worked leopard 1052 using pythonorg 252 though work fine applesupplied 251 similar went 136 tiger used macports leopard 136 builds box sudo python setuppy install youre done thats probably easiest way get validating xml parser os x time httpwwwmiredorgconsultinghtml independent networkunixperforce consultant email information _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom tue 05 aug 2008 224441 0500 pythondev python xml validator