[XML-SIG] (Source) installation woes

[Uche Ogbuji]

> I think I've never successfully installed PyXML stuff
> from source.  What's the trick?
> 
> When I install the Win* binary for 2.1, I can bring up
> Python and immediately
>   import xml.parsers.expat
> That's good.
> 
> Nothing I've tried on any Unix host--not RPMs, not instal-
> lation of expat followed by "make distclean; configure * 
> ..." followed by every weirdness I could muster--has ever
> given me an expat module I can import.  What's up?

???

You tried standard distutils?

python setup.py install ?

This has worked for me on dozens of machines on several platforms.

There shouldn't even be a Makefile in the PyXML package.


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