How to install lxml on Windows 8 64-bit with Python 3.4

Question

[Error Log]

C:\Users\Hima\Documents\Installers\python\packages>python -m pip install lxml-3.4.4-cp34-none-win_amd64.whl
lxml-3.4.4-cp34-none-win_amd64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

[Environment]

Windows x86 (64-bit)
Installed Visual Studio C++ 2014
Python 3.4
I use pip (or pip3.4.exe; built-in to Python 3.4) to pip install lxml

[Issues]
1. The lxml file from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml shows as not supported.
2. In the following Package Index for lxml, there isn't a suitable lxml file for 64 bit and Python 3.4. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/3.4.4

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

I have been struggling with this today. I found, elsewhere on stackoverflow.com, this two-part and quick solution, which resulted in python no longer complaining when I tried to use lxml:

Go to this repository and download a version which matches your Python installation (the version number, and 32- vs 64-bit. I use Python 3.5.1 64-bit, installed on Windows 10, so on that page, I chose lxml-3.6.0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl.

You say you use Python 3.4, so use a version that matches that (or maybe the one you already have).

There is some helpful information at the top of the page about which version of CPython the files are built against.

The output of python -v will also tell you which version of MSVC++ was used to build your version of the python executable.

This answer is useful for determining MSVC versions from the output of python -v (which contains a build number instead of a version number).

My download directory is d:\Downloads. Python must be in your PATH environment variable for the next step to work. Use a command like the following, changing "D:\Downloads" to the pathname to your download directory. Then, at a DOS prompt, type:

python -m pip install "D:\Downloads\lxml-3.6.0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl" lxml-3.6.0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl

It complained at me when I added the file name after the path to the file, but it worked. — rstackhouse, Dec 09 '16 at 14:12
I am using Python 2.7, but the above information was helpful to me. — rstackhouse, Dec 09 '16 at 15:43
This method helped me install lxml nicely on my win10 64 bit system with python 3.4 — Swtsvn, Jan 20 '17 at 20:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '16 at 11:15

My config:
Python 3.5
Windows 10

Downloaded lxml-3.6.0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml

Copy this file to: c:\Program Files\Python35\

first in cmd line:c:\Program Files\Python35>py -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then in cmd line:c:\Program Files\Python35>py -m pip install lxml-3.6.0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl

And it's done

How to install lxml on Windows 8 64-bit with Python 3.4

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