From 8f2d0dc9555d000196eb63480506421db45ac9a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Everitt Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:04:49 +0000 Subject: Note static installation of lxml as an alternative. --- docs/narr/install.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/narr/install.rst b/docs/narr/install.rst index 2eb391ce3..e6bf7c089 100644 --- a/docs/narr/install.rst +++ b/docs/narr/install.rst @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3