RE: [xml] Installation of python binding for libxslt (newbie)

[David Neary <David phenix fr>]

Hi Markus,

From: Markus Reinsch 
> I try to install the python binding für libxslt.
> The installation libxml worked fine -> there is a setup.py in 
> the tarball.
>
> But what about libxslt?

To use the python bindings you first need libxml2 and libxslt 
installed. 

> But I don't understand the instructions. What does 
> 'corresponding' mean?

It means "with a similar version" more or less. More accurately, 
it mean "which works with..."

> '... Otherwise use the libxml2-python module distribution 
> corresponding to
> your installed version of libxml2 and libxslt ...'

> message: "failed to find headers for libxml2: update includes_dir"
> There is a includes_dir variable in the setup.py script. Do I 
> have to extend
> it?

First make sure that you have the libxm and libxslt packages and 
headers installed, then try re-running your setup.py - if you are 
installing from source, you definitely need the headers installed. 
These are typically in a package called libxml2-dev or -devel. If 
you have installed libxml2 and libxslt from source, then the 
headers are in $prefix/include/libxml2 and $prefix/include/libxslt. 
The relevant directories which should be added to your build path 
can be found easily if you have pkg-config installed by running 
pkg-config --cflags libxslt

Cheers,
Dave.