ned deily riyacmorg 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distribution lxml thats c python built top commonly available libraries real issue would making current lxml work outdated versions libraries found current os distributions im sure perceive problems easy_install osx find makes life much simpler managing python packages may since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 1 download build source tarballs recent libxml2 moment 2631 latest osx 1052 2616 libxlst 1122 vs 1112 xmlsoftorg install usrlocal dont bother python bindings unless theyre needed package 2 noted lxml source page cython needed install lxml complicate matters suggested cython pyrex matter installed python path youre going install temporarily remove itthem 3 using lxml 20x source tarball pathtopython setuppy install withxsltconfigusrlocalbinxsltconfig 4 verify installation python usrlocalbinpython python python 252 r25260911 feb 22 2008 075753 gcc 401 apple computer inc build 5363 darwin type help copyright credits license information lxml import etree print etreelxml_version 2 0 2 0 print etreelibxml_version 2 6 31 print etreelibxml_compiled_version 2 6 31 print etreelibxslt_version 1 1 22 print etreelibxslt_compiled_version 1 1 22 clearly ways hth ned deily riyacmorg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom tue 05 aug 2008 190355 0800 pythondev python xml validator