Setup error for lxml on Windows

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Setup error for lxml on Windows

xiaoxu193 opened this issue 11 years ago · 5 comments

This is a problem with lxml package on Windows if you install with "pip install lxml", or the setup file.

error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

Current fix is to install lxml manually on windows using "easy_setup lxml==2.3.3" as suggested here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9643941

Answer 1 · 2013-12-16T17:26:58.000Z

Or download and install here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml

Answer 2 · 2013-12-20T16:04:36.000Z

It's a problem with C extensions in general, you need a C compiler to build it, it's looking for vcvarsall.bat to build with Microsoft's C compiler. On Linux you need certain libraries installed to build it (or else install a version of it via your package manager). It makes it a pain for virtualenvs, but I don't think there's an easy solution to this problem.

Answer 3 · 2014-09-16T08:03:11.000Z

This isn't specific to your repo, it's a problem with lxml (and other packages like myql-python) everywhere on Windows. Easiest fix is to just download the binary. Thanks, Obama!

Answer 4 · 2014-09-16T23:22:40.000Z

Ya, unfortunately there's no way around it. I included the binary in the README though

Answer 5 · 2018-08-24T14:38:26.000Z

hi guys im getting this error here-
from .. import etree
ImportError: cannot import name etree

Please assist