ImportError: No module named libxml2

Question

I am using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. I have used libxml2 in my python script and when I try to run it, gives error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "deploy.py", line 3, in <module>
import libxml2
ImportError: No module named libxml2

I tried almost all stackoverflow answers for the same question but nothings solves the issue (Installed several different packages).

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '14 at 09:45

14

You have to install the package in Ubuntu before being able to use it:

sudo apt-get install python-libxml2

answered Aug 11 '14 at 09:45

enrico.bacis

5

i get the message `python-libxml2 is already the newest version (2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2).` and I still get the error: `import libxml2 ImportError: No module named libxml2` - what do I still need to do? – gridtrak Jun 23 '18 at 17:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 09:45

1

You'd have to install python-libxml2.

Note that that's a fairly basic wrapper around the libxml2 C library. You may want to use lxml instead, for a far more Pythonic XML API.

answered Aug 11 '14 at 09:45

Martijn Pieters

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 09:47

0

You can try

pip install libxml2-python

answered Aug 11 '14 at 09:47

Anthony Kong

pip is a python packaging system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_(package_manager) – Anthony Kong Aug 11 '14 at 09:50
My apologies, I missed that you were using `pip`. Still, the OP is trying to use the Ubuntu packaging system here. – Martijn Pieters Aug 11 '14 at 09:51
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I'm on OSX, so `pip` should be good, but this command gives me `No distributions at all found for libxml2-python`. – the Mar 04 '15 at 12:20
Not working, error: ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement libxml2-python (from versions: none) ERROR: No matching distribution found for libxml2-python – imankalyan Aug 29 '23 at 11:34
Tried "pip install libxml2-python3" that also not working. error: metadata-generation-failed – imankalyan Aug 29 '23 at 11:35

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