Solved lxml and python3

[quamenzullo]

Hello!

Is there any port or package that enables to import the lxml library in python3?

py27-lxml and devel/py-lxml are both python2 libraries. Couldn't find anything for python3.

 

[SirDice]

The port simply uses whatever is set as the default, and the default is set to Python 2.7.

Add this to /etc/make.conf:

DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= python=3.4

After that devel/py-lxml should build against Python 3.

Note that this may cause problems with other Python ports. Not everything may be compatible.

 

[quamenzullo]

OK, many thanks! As I don't want to run into other problems on my FreeBSD box, I have found another workaround (I use xmllint through a subprocess.Popen()). But at some point, I guess Python 3 will become the default, then I will certainly switch to lxml.

 

[tobik@]

Use pip3 install lxml to get lxml for Python 3 today. You might need to run python3 -m ensurepip first to get pip3.

If you're worried about installing this system-wide you can run pip3 install --user lxml and python3 -m ensurepip --user instead to install them for your user only. pip3 while be installed to ~/.local/bin in that case, so add it to your PATH.

 

[quamenzullo]

Thank you a lot for your excellent answer!