installing lxml ?

7

7stud

I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions. Here:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html

it says:

1) Get the easy_install tool.

Ok, I went to the easy_install website, downloaded, and installed it.
The last two lines of the output during installation said this:

Installing easy_install script to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin
Installing easy_install-2.6 script to /Library/Frameworks/
Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin


2) ...run the following as super-user (or administrator):

easy_install lxml

On MS Windows, the above will install the binary builds that we
provide. If there is no binary build of the latest release yet, please
search PyPI for the last release that has them and pass that version
to easy_install like this:
easy_install lxml==2.2.2

On Linux (and most other well-behaved operating systems), easy_install
will manage to build the source distribution as long as libxml2 and
libxslt are properly installed, including development packages, i.e.
header files, etc. Use your package management tool to look for
packages like libxml2-dev or libxslt-devel if the build fails, and
make sure they are installed.

On MacOS-X, use the following to build the source distribution, and
make sure you have a working Internet connection, as this will
download libxml2 and libxslt in order to build them:
STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

-----------

My os is mac os x 10.4.11. But this:

STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

is not a valid command:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found

In any case, if I do this:

$ sudo easy_install lxml
sudo: easy_install: command not found

In other words, when I installed easy_install it did not add anything
to my PATH which points to the installation directory mentioned during
installation:

Installing easy_install script to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin

Ok, so I need to use the full path to the easy_install program (which
is not mentioned ANYWHERE in the installation instructions), i.e.

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install

....but this still isn't going to work:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found


So what the heck is going on??

Attention developers: you may be one of the best programmers in the
world, but if you can't convey how to use your software to the average
user, then you are the equivalent of one of the worst programmers on
the planet.
 
C

Chris Rebert

I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions.  Here:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html

it says:

1) Get the easy_install tool.
Click to expand...
My os is mac os x 10.4.11.
Click to expand...

I would recommend installing fink (http://www.finkproject.org/) and
then `sudo fink install setuptools-py26`.
As a bonus, you'll get a more up-to-date Python installed separate
from the system one (so you don't need to worry about hosing it).

Cheers,
Chris
 
J

Jussi Piitulainen

7stud said:
I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions. Here: ....
My os is mac os x 10.4.11. But this:

STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

is not a valid command:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found
Click to expand...

Maybe

STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml

And be running Bash or some other Bourne type shell.

....
So what the heck is going on??

Attention developers: you may be one of the best programmers in the
world, but if you can't convey how to use your software to the
average user, then you are the equivalent of one of the worst
programmers on the planet.
Click to expand...

Harsh, but clearly there are problems with the installation procedure.
Not nice, especially when running with admin rights.
 
D

Diez B. Roggisch

Chris said:
I would recommend installing fink (http://www.finkproject.org/) and
then `sudo fink install setuptools-py26`.
As a bonus, you'll get a more up-to-date Python installed separate
from the system one (so you don't need to worry about hosing it).
Click to expand...

Which doesn't run any cocoa or other osx-specific code. Which some might
call "hosed from the very beginning".

Diez
 
D

Diez B. Roggisch

7stud said:
I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions. Here:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html

it says:

1) Get the easy_install tool.

Ok, I went to the easy_install website, downloaded, and installed it.
The last two lines of the output during installation said this:

Installing easy_install script to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin
Installing easy_install-2.6 script to /Library/Frameworks/
Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin


2) ...run the following as super-user (or administrator):

easy_install lxml

On MS Windows, the above will install the binary builds that we
provide. If there is no binary build of the latest release yet, please
search PyPI for the last release that has them and pass that version
to easy_install like this:
easy_install lxml==2.2.2

On Linux (and most other well-behaved operating systems), easy_install
will manage to build the source distribution as long as libxml2 and
libxslt are properly installed, including development packages, i.e.
header files, etc. Use your package management tool to look for
packages like libxml2-dev or libxslt-devel if the build fails, and
make sure they are installed.

On MacOS-X, use the following to build the source distribution, and
make sure you have a working Internet connection, as this will
download libxml2 and libxslt in order to build them:
STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

-----------

My os is mac os x 10.4.11. But this:

STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

is not a valid command:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found

In any case, if I do this:

$ sudo easy_install lxml
sudo: easy_install: command not found

In other words, when I installed easy_install it did not add anything
to my PATH which points to the installation directory mentioned during
installation:

Installing easy_install script to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin

Ok, so I need to use the full path to the easy_install program (which
is not mentioned ANYWHERE in the installation instructions), i.e.

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install

...but this still isn't going to work:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found


So what the heck is going on??

Attention developers: you may be one of the best programmers in the
world, but if you can't convey how to use your software to the average
user, then you are the equivalent of one of the worst programmers on
the planet.
Click to expand...

Nonsense. First of all, developers aren't "the average user". Second,
the inability of others doesn't make a programmer worse. And third,
there are limits to what extend one can anticipate the ineptness of
others to read. The page you cite from starts with:

For special installation instructions regarding MS Windows and
MacOS-X, see below.

And below you find this link:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/build.html#building-lxml-on-macos-x

Which contains the proper command

STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml



Diez
 
B

Benjamin Kaplan

I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions.  Here:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html

it says:

1) Get the easy_install tool.

Ok, I went to the easy_install website, downloaded, and installed it.
The last two lines of the output during installation said this:

Installing easy_install script to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin
Installing easy_install-2.6 script to /Library/Frameworks/
Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin


2) ...run the following as super-user (or administrator):

easy_install lxml

On MS Windows, the above will install the binary builds that we
provide. If there is no binary build of the latest release yet, please
search PyPI for the last release that has them and pass that version
to easy_install like this:
easy_install lxml==2.2.2

On Linux (and most other well-behaved operating systems), easy_install
will manage to build the source distribution as long as libxml2 and
libxslt are properly installed, including development packages, i.e.
header files, etc. Use your package management tool to look for
packages like libxml2-dev or libxslt-devel if the build fails, and
make sure they are installed.

On MacOS-X, use the following to build the source distribution, and
make sure you have a working Internet connection, as this will
download libxml2 and libxslt in order to build them:
STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

-----------

My os is mac os x 10.4.11.   But this:

STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

is not a valid command:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found

In any case, if I do this:

$ sudo easy_install lxml
sudo: easy_install: command not found

In other words, when I installed easy_install it did not add anything
to my PATH which points to the installation directory mentioned during
installation:

Installing easy_install script to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin

Ok, so I need to use the full path to the easy_install program (which
is not mentioned ANYWHERE in the installation instructions), i.e.

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install

...but this still isn't going to work:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found


So what the heck is going on??

Attention developers: you may be one of the best programmers in the
world, but if you can't convey how to use your software to the average
user, then you are the equivalent of one of the worst programmers on
the planet.
Click to expand...

1) It's not Python's fault that OS X doesn't add things to the path
when its in a framework (like Python).
2) You almost got the command right. Environment variables are set
before *any* command, including sudo.
STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml
 
7

7stud

Maybe

   STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml

And be running Bash or some other Bourne type shell.
Click to expand...

That worked. (The Terminal app on my mac uses bash by default.)

Unfortunately, easy_install was not able to install lxml! Here is the
output:

---
$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_install lxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found
$ STATIC_DEPS=true sudo /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_install lxml
Password:
Searching for lxml
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
Reading http://codespeak.net/lxml
Best match: lxml 2.2.3
Downloading http://codespeak.net/lxml/lxml-2.2.3.tgz
Processing lxml-2.2.3.tgz
Running lxml-2.2.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-
r2obQa/lxml-2.2.3/egg-dist-tmp-7v5A1n
Building lxml version 2.2.3.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/
easy_install", line 8, in <module>
load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts',
'easy_install')()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 1712, in main
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 1700, in with_ei_usage
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 1716, in <lambda>
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 211, in run
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/
sandbox.py", line 62, in run_setup
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/
sandbox.py", line 105, in run
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/
sandbox.py", line 64, in <lambda>
File "setup.py", line 119, in <module>

File "/tmp/easy_install-r2obQa/lxml-2.2.3/setupinfo.py", line 51, in
ext_modules
TypeError: build_libxml2xslt() got an unexpected keyword argument
'libiconv_version'
 
7

7stud

And third,
there are limits to what extend one can anticipate the ineptness of
others to read. The page you cite from starts with:

   For special installation instructions regarding MS Windows and
MacOS-X, see below.

And below you find this link:

   http://codespeak.net/lxml/build.html#building-lxml-on-macos-x

Which contains the proper command

   STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml
Click to expand...


Your characterization of that web page is so fraudulent that I can
only say one thing in response: You are a damn liar.
 
S

Stefan Behnel

7stud, 11.11.2009 16:12:
Your characterization of that web page is so fraudulent that I can
only say one thing in response: You are a damn liar.
Click to expand...

PLONK.

Stefan
 
S

srid

Much of these non-trivial build steps are abstracted in the
ActiveState build repository.

1. Download ActivePython: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/
2. Run "pypm install lxml" (on Mac, Linux or Windows)

$ pypm install lxml
Ready to perform these actions:
The following packages will be installed:
lxml-2.2.2
Get: [pypm.activestate.com] lxml 2.2.2-2
Installing lxml-2.2.2
$ python -c "import lxml; print lxml.__file__"
/Users/sridharr/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/lxml/__init__.py
$

-srid
 
S

srid

Unfortunately, easy_install was not able to installlxml!  Here is the
output:

---
$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_installlxml
Password:
sudo: STATIC_DEPS=true: command not found
$ STATIC_DEPS=true sudo /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_installlxml
Password:
Searching forlxml
Readinghttp://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
Readinghttp://codespeak.net/lxml
Best match:lxml2.2.3
Downloadinghttp://codespeak.net/lxml/lxml-2.2.3.tgz
Processinglxml-2.2.3.tgz
Runninglxml-2.2.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-
r2obQa/lxml-2.2.3/egg-dist-tmp-7v5A1n
Buildinglxmlversion 2.2.3.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/
easy_install", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts',
'easy_install')()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 1712, in main
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 1700, in with_ei_usage
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 1716, in <lambda>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 211, in run
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/
easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/
sandbox.py", line 62, in run_setup
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/
sandbox.py", line 105, in run
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/
python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/
sandbox.py", line 64, in <lambda>
  File "setup.py", line 119, in <module>

  File "/tmp/easy_install-r2obQa/lxml-2.2.3/setupinfo.py", line 51, in
ext_modules
TypeError: build_libxml2xslt() got an unexpected keyword argument
'libiconv_version'
Click to expand...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/480225

-srid
 
T

Terry Reedy

Calling you inept was unnecessary, but....

You wrote
"
I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions. Here:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html
"

and that page indeed begins with the words above.

And this is also true.
Your characterization of that web page is so fraudulent that I can
only say one thing in response: You are a damn liar.
Click to expand...

So this makes no sense. If, when you have calmed down a bit, you have
suggestions for improving the installation instructions, that might be
more constructive. The lxml developers have obviously gone to some
effort to give comprehensible instructions. Writing such is not easy. So
if they have failed in your case, feedback might be considered.

tjr
 
7

7stud

Calling you inept was unnecessary, but....


You wrote
"
I'm trying to install lxml, but I can't figure out the installation
instructions. Here:

http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html
"


and that page indeed begins with the words above.



And this is also true.
Click to expand...

Is it? First, that in fact was not the proper command. I posted the
actual command I had to issue in my previous post:

$ sudo STATIC_DEPS=true /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/
2.6/bin/easy_install lxml


Shall I continue? Here is what the top of the web page that contains
the installation instructions looks like (with my comments inserted in
the text):

=====

For special installation instructions regarding MS Windows and MacOS-
X, see below.

<<<****Ok, now I'm scrolling down looking for the *installation
instructions*.>>>

1 Requirements
2 Installation
3 Installation in ActivePython
4 Building lxml from sources
5 MS Windows
6 MacOS-X


Requirements

You need Python 2.3 or later.
Unless you are using a static binary distribution (e.g. a Windows
binary egg from PyPI), you need to install libxml2 and libxslt, in
particular: libxml 2.6.21 or later. It can be found here:
http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html
If you want to use XPath, do not use libxml2 2.6.27. We recommend
libxml2 2.7.2 or later.
libxslt 1.1.15 or later. It can be found here: http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/downloads.html
Newer versions generally contain less bugs and are therefore
recommended. XML Schema support is also still worked on in libxml2, so
newer versions will give you better complience with the W3C spec.

<<<***Ok, I better read the requirements. Uhg, those dependencies
look ugly. Things are looking doubtful at this point. Back to
looking for those special installation instructions for mac os x...>>>

Installation

Get the easy_install tool and run the following as super-user (or
administrator):

easy_install lxml

On MS Windows, the above will install the binary builds that we
provide. If there is no binary build of the latest release yet, please
search PyPI for the last release that has them and pass that version
to easy_install like this:
easy_install lxml==2.2.2

On Linux (and most other well-behaved operating systems), easy_install
will manage to build the source distribution as long as libxml2 and
libxslt are properly installed, including development packages, i.e.
header files, etc. Use your package management tool to look for
packages like libxml2-dev or libxslt-devel if the build fails, and
make sure they are installed.

On MacOS-X, use the following to build the source distribution, and
make sure you have a working Internet connection, as this will
download libxml2 and libxslt in order to build them:
STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml

<<<***Ah, hah. There are the special installation instructions for
mac os x. I'm ready to go. Uh oh, what the heck is the easy_install
tool? Oh, that's a link hiding behind the bolded text(hmm...this
website has some usability issues). Time goes by, tetonic plates
shift...Ok, I've got the easy_install tool installed. Let's install
lxml now.>>
So this makes no sense.
Click to expand...


If someone were viewing the web page containing the installation
instructions with a screen that was 2 feet high, AND they happened to
see the additional section buried at the bottom of the page, AND they
chose to skip over instructions in the installation section for some
reason, the first part of the section at the bottom of the page reads:

===
MacOS-X

A macport of lxml is available. Try port install py25-lxml.

If you want to use a more recent lxml release, you may have to build
it yourself. Apple doesn't help here, as the system libraries of
libxml2 and libxslt installed under MacOS-X are horribly outdated, and
***updating them is everything but easy***. In any case, you cannot
run lxml 2.x with the system provided libraries, so you have to use
newer libraries...
===

....which would probably make their eyes roll back in their head, or
dissuade them from reading any further, and therefore they would
return to the relevant installation instructions. I, in fact, was not
viewing the web page with a screen that was two feet high, therefore
that section wasn't even visible when I was looking at the special
installation instructions for mac osx.

If, when you have calmed down a bit, you have
suggestions for improving the installation instructions, that might be
more constructive. The lxml developers have obviously gone to some
effort to give comprehensible instructions. Writing such is not easy. So
if they have failed in your case, feedback might be considered.
Click to expand...

That harks back to an earlier point that was made:

Benjamin said:
1) It's not Python's fault that OS X doesn't add things to the path
when its in a framework (like Python).
Click to expand...

1) Maybe the installation instructions for mac osx should read:

====
Installation Instructions
.....
.....
MAC OS X:
We're not sure how mac osx works with easy_install. Apple's system
installations of libxml and libxslt are pretty bad--and they are
difficult to upgrade. As a result, the following instructions may or
may not work for you...
====


2) Stop proclaiming that lxml is cross platform and/or stop
recommending easy_install.

3) Don't split up relevant installation instructions over two web
pages and then bury the link connecting the two web pages at the
bottom of one of the pages.

In any case, thanks for all the help. I'll stick to BeautifulSoup.
 
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1) Maybe the installation instructions for mac osx should read:

====
Installation Instructions
....
....
MAC OS X:
We're not sure how mac osx works with easy_install.  Apple's system
installations of libxml and libxslt are pretty bad--and they are
difficult to upgrade.  As a result, the following instructions may or
may not work for you...
====

2) Stop proclaiming that lxml is cross platform and/or stop
recommending easy_install.

3) Don't split up relevant installation instructions over two web
pages and then bury the link connecting the two web pages at the
bottom of one of the pages.
Click to expand...


....and most importantly:

4) The path to easy_install may not get added to your PATH environment
variable, so using the full path to easy_install might be necessary
when issuing the easy_install command. If you get an error that says:

easy_install: command not found

then you will need to use the full path to easy_install. Some
installs will put easy_install here:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
Versions/2.6/bin/easy_install

Others will put it here:

.....

If can't locate easy_install in any of those directories, you can
locate easy_install using the find command:

find / -name easy_install
 

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