Comments on: Install lxml on OSX http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2009/03/05/install-lxml-on-osx/ the personal blog of Stuart Colville covering modern web development techniques and best practices Mon, 21 May 2012 05:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gr.mon http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2009/03/05/install-lxml-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-67141 gr.mon Wed, 09 May 2012 15:22:00 +0000 http://muffinresearch.co.uk/?p=522#comment-67141  that is, if it worked til the end. seemed to work but aborted w an error 256  that is, if it worked til the end. seemed to work but aborted w an error 256

]]> By: gr.mon http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2009/03/05/install-lxml-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-67140 gr.mon Wed, 09 May 2012 15:20:00 +0000 http://muffinresearch.co.uk/?p=522#comment-67140 Freaking awesome! Freaking awesome!

]]> By: Stuart Colville http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2009/03/05/install-lxml-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-65569 Stuart Colville Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:03:03 +0000 http://muffinresearch.co.uk/?p=522#comment-65569 I don't have a a mac anymore so I can't test anything out for you. However a quick search turns this up http://osdir.com/ml/python.lxml.devel/2007-12/msg00001.html The suggests that even though you're specifying versions of libxml/libxslt it's building against the stock mac versions anyway for some reason. e.g: "Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.12" I don’t have a a mac anymore so I can’t test anything out for you. However a quick search turns this up http://osdir.com/ml/python.lxml.devel/2007-12/msg00001.html

The suggests that even though you’re specifying versions of libxml/libxslt it’s building against the stock mac versions anyway for some reason.

e.g: “Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.12″

]]> By: Daryl Spitzer http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2009/03/05/install-lxml-on-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-65568 Daryl Spitzer Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:28:01 +0000 http://muffinresearch.co.uk/?p=522#comment-65568 I get (on Mac OS X 10.5.8): <pre><code>NOTE: Trying to build without Cython, pre-generated 'src/lxml/lxml.etree.c' needs to be available. Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.12 Building against libxml2/libxslt in the following directory: /usr/lib src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:176:31: error: libxml/schematron.h: No such file or directory src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:176:31: error: libxml/schematron.h: No such file or directory src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2022: error: syntax error before ‘xmlSchemaSAXPlugStruct’ src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2024: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2022: error: syntax error before ‘xmlSchemaSAXPlugStruct’ src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2024: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token src/lxml/lxml.etree.c: In function ‘__pyx_pf_4lxml_5etree_14_ParserContext___dealloc__’: src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63671: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type src/lxml/lxml.etree.c: In function ‘__pyx_f_4lxml_5etree_14_ParserContext__copy’: src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63763: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type </code></pre> ...and so on. (I got the same errors when trying: <pre><code>python setup.py build --static-deps --libxml2-version=2.7.3 --libxslt-version=1.1.24 sudo python setup.py install </code></pre> (from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1277124/how-do-you-install-lxml-on-os-x-leopard-without-using-macports-or-fink) I get (on Mac OS X 10.5.8):

NOTE: Trying to build without Cython, pre-generated 'src/lxml/lxml.etree.c' needs to be available.
Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.12
Building against libxml2/libxslt in the following directory: /usr/lib
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:176:31: error: libxml/schematron.h: No such file or directory
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:176:31: error: libxml/schematron.h: No such file or directory
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2022: error: syntax error before ‘xmlSchemaSAXPlugStruct’
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2024: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2022: error: syntax error before ‘xmlSchemaSAXPlugStruct’
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:2024: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c: In function ‘__pyx_pf_4lxml_5etree_14_ParserContext___dealloc__’:
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63671: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c: In function ‘__pyx_f_4lxml_5etree_14_ParserContext__copy’:
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63763: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

…and so on. (I got the same errors when trying:

python setup.py build --static-deps --libxml2-version=2.7.3  --libxslt-version=1.1.24
sudo python setup.py install

(from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1277124/how-do-you-install-lxml-on-os-x-leopard-without-using-macports-or-fink)

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