Install libxml2 and associated python bindings - Windows

Question

I am attempting to install libxml2 so that I can setup the python bindings and eventually use lxml.

However I am unable to work out here on earth I am supposed to be

Answer 1

Realize this is an old topic but have had issues installing this on windows.

I have Python version 3.4.4.

When attempting to install whl files make sure you are using the correct version for your version of python.

so in this case i needed to use

lxml‑3.4.4‑cp34‑none‑win_amd64.whl

and not the latest which was

lxml‑3.4.4‑cp35‑none‑win_amd64.whl

cp34 indicates the python version its built for.

Trap for new players...!

Answer 2

The Windows binaries of the latest version of lxml (as well as a wide range of other Python packages) are available on http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

Answer 3

If you don't have special reasons to compile from source, you can use prebuilt binaries for lxml

Answer 4

If you are using python 2.5.x, just use "easy_install lxml==2.2.2" to install

Answer 5

It appears that the program "xslt-config" is not located in a directory in your PATH environment. Here's an article on setting PATH on Windows:

http://www.cs.usask.ca/~wew036/latex/env.html