stefan behnel fbqmcw_upbehnelde weird places threads come mike meyer wrote 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 due design problem macosx problem lxml hard install either previous posts presented lxml built top libxml2libxslt bundled unixlike oss including mac os x available package systems trying install repository pita uses easyinstall pyrex later cython packages using release version lxml require install two download targz unpack usual setuppy dance thats package installation python works however require libxml2 libxslt installed dependencies nothing python arent bundled anything hand package system longer macports installed anywhere believe one time solves problems believe theyve excised easyinstall source dependencies though source dependency easy_install assume build lxml libxml2libxslt libraries come macports sensible thing imho think lxml best python xml library meets requirements would make life lot easier part standard library dont object im major driver would require bit work cant currently spare however authors tend require recent versions libxml2 libxslt means recent versions lxml wont build andor work libraries bundled many unix unixlike systems wouldnt consider dependency almost three year old library version recent libxml2 2620 released july 2005 including osx thats different system libraries horribly outdated every new version macosx ie usually two years old buggy b difficult replace design means wind build want recent version lxml even youre using system includes lxml package system want clean system eg production use buildout proven good idea also provide pretty good instructions web page install lxml macosx take care stefan _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 075345 0100 pythondev python xml validator