Homebrew install libxml2 with python modules

Question

Good morning,

I\'m trying to install libxml2 with python modules. I have tried the following:

brew install --with-python libxml2                                 


        

Answer 1

First, you cannot install libxml2 because you already successfully installed it, so you will first need to uninstall it.

brew uninstall libxml2

Next you will need to edit the brew formula - which is simple enough to do --

type brew edit libxml2 and change the line

system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}", "--without-python"

to this:

system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}", "--with-python"

This does not fix the problem with the brew formula, but it does force the flag "--with-python", so the next time you type brew install libxml2 it will install the python libraries.

If you need to reset the formula (undo your changes), simply type brew update