How do I install lxml in linux without using aptitude or apt-get

Question

I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and usually use python 2.7, but I need a python package that was built with python 3.4 and that uses lxml. After updating aptitude, I can install python 3.2 and lxml, but the package I want only works with 3.4. After installing python 3.4, I try to install lxml dependencies using

pip3 install libxml2-dev

I get the error:

No matching distribution found for libxml2-dev

pip3 install lxml

doesn't work and asks for libxml2:

Could not find function xmlCheckVersion in library libxml2. Is libxml2 installed?

Any ideas on how to install lxml? Thanks.

You should build and install from source. https://github.com/lxml/lxml.git — JClarke, Aug 05 '16 at 20:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '16 at 20:14

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You are running

pip3 install libxml2-dev

when you should be running

sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxml2-dev

(you may also need libxslt and its dev version as well)

pip doesn't install system libraries, apt and friends do that.

answered Aug 05 '16 at 20:14

MattDMo

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sudo apt-get install libxml2... installs libxml2 for either python 2.7 or 3.2 which are supported by apt-get. I need libxml2 for python 3.4. – user1106278 Aug 05 '16 at 20:18
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@user1106278 I think you misread the answer. You need to have libxml2-dev installed (`sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev`) before you can install lxml with `pip3 install lxml`. – pah Aug 05 '16 at 20:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '16 at 20:22

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See http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#libxml-python

Download the package and then do a pip install <package.whl>.

answered Aug 05 '16 at 20:22

SaeX

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I'm running linux, but the webpage title says "windows binaries." Would it still work? – user1106278 Aug 05 '16 at 20:29

How do I install lxml in linux without using aptitude or apt-get

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