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

The answer from kylehunt let me fix an issue that some how started to show up after I ran "brew upgrade" after upgrading to macOS Catalina:

If you happen to see things like

Error: libxml2: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libxml2.rb:53: syntax error, unexpected <<
<<<<<<< Updated upstream
^~
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libxml2.rb:54: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting end
...              "--with-history",
...                              ^
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libxml2.rb:55: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting end
...            "--without-python",
...                              ^
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/libxml2.rb:57: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting end
...               "--with-python",
...

It means you should run

brew edit libxml2

To fix the config file as it might have been broken by merge conflicts during upgrade. Look for <<<<< in the file.