Install libxml2 and associated python bindings - Windows

Question

I am attempting to install libxml2 so that I can setup the python bindings and eventually use lxml.

However I am unable to work out here on earth I am supposed to be unzipping the files. I haven't been able to google successfully.

Do I need Cygwin/MinGW for the installation to be successful?

At the moment I have the files from the libxml2.tar.gz and libxslt.tar.gz in their respective directories within my Python folder. So files that were in the tars under include are in Python26\include\libxml2\libxml... and so on.

however when i run a easy_install lxml i receive the following output:

Searching for lxml
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
Reading http://codespeak.net/lxml
Best match: lxml 2.2.4
Downloading http://codespeak.net/lxml/lxml-2.2.4.tgz
Processing lxml-2.2.4.tgz
Running lxml-2.2.4\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\users\rocco\appdata\local
\temp\easy_install-1xwbhy\lxml-2.2.4\egg-dist-tmp-9zwhe4
Building lxml version 2.2.4.
NOTE: Trying to build without Cython, pre-generated 'src/lxml/lxml.etree.c' need
s to be available.
ERROR: 'xslt-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

** make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed **

Using build configuration of libxslt
warning: no files found matching 'lxml.etree.c' under directory 'src\lxml'
warning: no files found matching 'lxml.objectify.c' under directory 'src\lxml'
warning: no files found matching 'lxml.etree.h' under directory 'src\lxml'
warning: no files found matching 'lxml.etree_api.h' under directory 'src\lxml'
warning: no files found matching 'etree_defs.h' under directory 'src\lxml'
warning: no files found matching 'pubkey.asc' under directory 'doc'
warning: no files found matching 'tagpython*.png' under directory 'doc'
error: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

Any help whatsoever would be very helpful as I've been trying to get this going for over a week now :(

Thanks

I've got the same problem, trying to install lxml 2.2.6 (I also tried 2.2.4 and 2.2.5). Irritatingly, I had to resort to using the prebuilt library for 2.2.2 as suggested by S.Mark below. It would be great if someone could compile the 2.2.6 version for Python 2.6 (there's a 2.4 and 2.5 build, after all) :/ — ropable, May 21 '10 at 02:33
Answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3047542/#5122521 — Piotr Dobrogost, Feb 25 '11 at 21:06

score 34 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '12 at 20:04

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The Windows binaries of the latest version of lxml (as well as a wide range of other Python packages) are available on http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

answered Jan 29 '12 at 20:04

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Wow..this one is great! Thanks – detj Feb 08 '12 at 09:32
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+1: binary for Python 2.7 is available at this site but not at pypi – jdigital Feb 12 '12 at 17:22
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it says 32 and 64. So I downloaded a 64, then it says :lxml-3.6.4-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform. So I installed the 32 one. and it works! – Tiina Sep 08 '16 at 06:41
Oh my god man. Thank you. So much. Have been banging my head against this for like an hour. – Ken Bellows Oct 25 '16 at 20:47
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@Tiina same here, not sure why – Ken Bellows Oct 25 '16 at 20:47

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 18 '13 at 16:09

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If you don't have special reasons to compile from source, you can use prebuilt binaries for lxml

edited Oct 18 '13 at 16:09

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answered Dec 15 '09 at 01:57

YOU

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Thank you - just saved me a whole load of hassle! – Dominic Rodger May 26 '10 at 09:20
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Why is that when I try to do a `pip install lxml` or an `easy_install lxml` it tries building from source? Can I make pip download the pre -built binaries? – Mridang Agarwalla Oct 17 '11 at 14:03
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@Mridang `easy_install URL_TO_EGG` to install the prebuilt binaries. Get the correct url on the pypi page or another site: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.2.2 – Gringo Suave Jun 25 '12 at 21:04
If trying to install for Python 3.5 or 3.6, check @chuckus answer below! – Diego Jancic Nov 25 '16 at 18:15
sadly there are no prebuilt for arm :( – Peter Mar 23 '18 at 18:11

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 19 '15 at 11:37

Realize this is an old topic but have had issues installing this on windows.

I have Python version 3.4.4.

When attempting to install whl files make sure you are using the correct version for your version of python.

so in this case i needed to use

lxml‑3.4.4‑cp34‑none‑win_amd64.whl

and not the latest which was

lxml‑3.4.4‑cp35‑none‑win_amd64.whl

cp34 indicates the python version its built for.

Trap for new players...!

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 28 '10 at 09:08

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If you are using python 2.5.x, just use "easy_install lxml==2.2.2" to install

answered Oct 28 '10 at 09:08

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 15 '09 at 01:59

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It appears that the program "xslt-config" is not located in a directory in your PATH environment. Here's an article on setting PATH on Windows:

http://www.cs.usask.ca/~wew036/latex/env.html

answered Dec 15 '09 at 01:59

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It's not simply a PATH problem: xslt-config is missing. – jdigital Feb 12 '12 at 17:25

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