lipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/folders/

Question

I tried installing lxml on Mac OSX Snowleopard and keep getting the error:

lipo: can\'t figure out the architecture type of: /var/folders/

I di

Answer 1

I found that compilation issues like these are easily avoided by installing python via brew. If brew isn't able to link the formula, just force it with:

brew link --overwrite python

See also: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/