source: general/prog/lxml.xml@ cd148f4

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY lxml-download-http "&pymodules-dl;/l/lxml/lxml-&lxml-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY lxml-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY lxml-md5sum        "d2b2eb305bfa9ed15aebe61affb3ffa4">
  <!ENTITY lxml-size          "4.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY lxml-buildsize     "179 MB (add 39 MB for the testsuite)">
  <!ENTITY lxml-time          "1.9 SBU (add 1.7 SBU for the testsuite)">
]>

  <!-- Begin lxml -->
  <sect2 id="lxml" xreflabel="lxml-&lxml-version;">

    <title>lxml-&lxml-version;</title>

    <indexterm zone="lxml">
      <primary sortas="a-lxml">lxml</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <sect3 role="package">
      <title>Introduction to lxml</title>

      <para>
        <application>lxml</application> provides
        <application>Python</application> bindings for
        <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and <xref linkend="libxml2"/>.
      </para>

      &lfs84_checked;

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&lxml-download-http;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (FTP): <ulink url="&lxml-download-ftp;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download MD5 sum: &lxml-md5sum;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download size: &lxml-size;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated disk space required: &lxml-buildsize;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated build time: &lxml-time;
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">lxml Dependencies</bridgehead>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
      <para role="required">
        <xref linkend="libxslt"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended</bridgehead>
      <para role="recommended">
        <xref linkend="python2"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional (to run more tests)</bridgehead>
      <para role="optional">
        <xref linkend="gdb"/>,
        <xref linkend="valgrind"/>, and
        <ulink url="&pypi;/cssselect/">cssselect</ulink>
      </para>

      <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
        User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/lxml"/>
      </para>
    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="installation">
      <title>Installation of lxml</title>

      <note>
        <para>
          Both <application>Python 2</application> and
          <application>Python 3</application> modules can
          be built and installed without any conflicts.
        </para>
      </note>

<!-- Editors note: Use - -root= instead of DESTDIR= when updating. -->

      <para>
        To build the <application>Python 2</application> module, run:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>python setup.py build</userinput></screen>

     <para>
       If you wish to run the tests, enter: <command>make test</command>.
       This will rebuild the package for inplace use before running the tests.
       One or more tests sometimes fail.
     </para>

      <para>
        To install the <application>Python 2</application> module,
        as the
        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user run:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>python setup.py install --optimize=1</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        To build the <application>Python 3</application> module, run:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>python3 setup.py clean &amp;&amp;
python3 setup.py build</userinput></screen>

     <para>
       If you wish to run the tests, enter: <command>make PYTHON=python3
       test</command>. This will rebuild the package for inplace use before
       running the tests. One or more tests sometimes fail.
     </para>

      <para>
        To install the <application>Python 3</application> module,
        as the
        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user run:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>python3 setup.py install --optimize=1</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="content">
      <title>Contents</title>

      <segmentedlist>
        <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

        <seglistitem>
          <seg>
            None
          </seg>
          <seg>
            None
          </seg>
          <seg>
            /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/lxml,
            /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/lxml-&lxml-version;-py&python2-majorver;-linux-$ARCH.egg-info
            and/or
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/lxml,
            /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/lxml-&lxml-version;-py&python3-majorver;-linux-$ARCH.egg-info
          </seg>
        </seglistitem>
      </segmentedlist>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>
  <!--End lxml -->