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authorPaul Everitt <paul@agendaless.com>2009-01-19 20:04:49 +0000
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Note static installation of lxml as an alternative.
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@@ -103,4 +103,11 @@ instead of your system packages, as version incompatibilities between
system packages and ``lxml`` versions are typically to blame for
compilation problems.
+Alternatively, you can try installing ``lxml`` before installing
+:mod:`repoze.bfg`, and instructing ``lxml`` to download its own copy
+of ``libxml2``::
+ $ STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml
+
+Once that completes, ``easy_install`` will know that ``lxml`` is
+already installed.