Python: setup.py missing: No such file or directory

Question

I tried to update the libxml2 & libxslt packages as mine are too old to run with lxml. I found a walkthrough here and tried to update the package with the command

Answer 1

To make this a formal answer from my comment...

setup.py is not part of the python installation location. It is included with the package that you wish to install. Change directories to the location of the source that you downloaded and then run the setup.py file.