How to install lxml on Ubuntu
Solution 1
Since you're on Ubuntu, don't bother with those source packages. Just install those development packages using apt-get.
apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python-dev
If you're happy with a possibly older version of lxml altogether though, you could try
apt-get install python-lxml
and be done with it. :)
Solution 2
I also had to install lib32z1-dev before lxml would compile (Ubuntu 13.04 x64).
sudo apt-get install lib32z1-dev
Or all the required packages together:
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev python-dev lib32z1-dev
Solution 3
As @Pepijn commented on @Druska 's answer, on ubuntu 13.04 x64, there is no need to use lib32z1-dev, zlib1g-dev is enough:
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev python-dev zlib1g-dev
Solution 4
I installed lxml with pip in Vagrant, using Ubuntu 14.04 and had the same problem. Even though all requirements where installed, i got the same error again and again. Turned out, my VM had to little memory by default. With 1024 MB everything works fine.
Add this to your VagrantFile and lxml should properly compile / install:
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
vb.memory = 1024
end
Thanks to sixhobbit for the hint (see: can't installing lxml on Ubuntu 12.04).
Solution 5
Step 1
Install latest python updates using this command.
sudo apt-get install python-dev
Step 2
Add first dependency libxml2 version 2.7.0 or later
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
Step 3
Add second dependency libxslt version 1.1.23 or later
sudo apt-get install libxslt1-dev
Step 4
Install pip package management tool first. and run this command.
pip install lxml
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Eric Wilson
Software developer, experienced in Java and Python in Linux environments, formerly a professor of mathematics. I'm a father of five children, and a husband of one wife.
Updated on July 17, 2022Comments
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Eric Wilson almost 2 years
I'm having difficulty installing lxml with easy_install on Ubuntu 11.
When I type
$ easy_install lxml
I get:Searching for lxml Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/ Reading http://codespeak.net/lxml Best match: lxml 2.3 Downloading http://lxml.de/files/lxml-2.3.tgz Processing lxml-2.3.tgz Running lxml-2.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-7UdQOZ/lxml-2.3/egg-dist-tmp-GacQGy Building lxml version 2.3. Building without Cython. ERROR: /bin/sh: xslt-config: not found ** make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed ** Using build configuration of libxslt In file included from src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:227:0: src/lxml/etree_defs.h:9:31: fatal error: libxml/xmlversion.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated.
It seems that
libxslt
orlibxml2
is not installed. I've tried following the instructions at http://www.techsww.com/tutorials/libraries/libxslt/installation/installing_libxslt_on_ubuntu_linux.php and http://www.techsww.com/tutorials/libraries/libxml/installation/installing_libxml_on_ubuntu_linux.php with no success.If I try
wget ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-sources-2.6.27.tar.gz
I get<successful connection info> ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /libxml2 ... done. ==> SIZE libxml2-sources-2.6.27.tar.gz ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR libxml2-sources-2.6.27.tar.gz ... No such file `libxml2-sources-2.6.27.tar.gz'.
If I try the other first, I'll get to
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/libxslt --with-libxml-prefix=/usr/local/libxml2
and that will fail eventually with:checking for libxml libraries >= 2.6.27... configure: error: Could not find libxml2 anywhere, check ftp://xmlsoft.org/.
I've tried both versions
2.6.27
and2.6.29
oflibxml2
with no difference.Leaving no stone unturned, I have successfully done
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
, but this changes nothing.