Problem using py2app with the lxml package

Question

I am trying to use \'py2app\' to generate a standalone application from some Python scripts. The Python uses the \'lxml\' package, and I\'ve found that I have to specify this ex

Answer 1

I just tried my app (uses py2app and lxml, with a similar setup) on another Mac without development libraries installed, and it works, so there must be something wrong in your system. My guess is that py2app picks the wrong version of libxml2 (I see it comes bundled with the iPhone SDK for example, which is probably not the version you want).

Mine, as the whole python toolchain, comes from MacPorts, md5 sum of the latest libxml2.2.dylib (the one that ends up in my .app) is 863c7208b6c34f116a2925444933c22a on my system.