I'm trying to install lxml, on an Ubuntu server running Python 2.6 (in a virtualenv - the system Python is 2.5).
I've checked out via svn and as a result I've also install Cython, as per the instructions.
However, I get the following error when running python setup.py build:
Building lxml version 2.3.alpha1-76211.
Building with Cython 0.11.
Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.22
Building against libxml2/libxslt in the following directory: /usr/lib
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
cythoning src/lxml/lxml.etree.pyx to src/lxml/lxml.etree.c
Error converting Pyrex file to C:
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c_child = _findChildForwards(c_node, 0)
while c_child is not NULL:
if c_child.type == tree.XML_ELEMENT_NODE:
for i in range(c_tag_count):
if _tagMatchesExactly(c_child, c_ns_tags[2*i], c_ns_tags[2*i+1]):
c_next = _findChildForwards(c_child, 0) or _nextElement(c_child)
^
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/home/admin/web/blink/lxml/src/lxml/cleanup.pxi:246:64: Cannot assign type 'int' to 'xmlNode *'
Error converting Pyrex file to C:
building 'lxml.etree' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/home/admin/python/2.6.5/include/python2.6 -c src/lxml/lxml.etree.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/src/lxml/lxml.etree.o -w
src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:1:2: error: #error Do not use this file, it is the result of a failed Cython compilation.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
And very similar errors if i try python setup.py bdist_egg, python setup.py build_ext -i or make
Trying to install via easy_install or pip produces the same error - although the former just hangs indefinitely.
As far as I am aware, all of the various dependencies, such as python-dev are installed.
What am I missing / doing wrong?