Process to install Python 3.4 and BeautifulSoup4 on Windows 7

[Sam Wainford]

There are many ways to install BeautifulSoup for Python documented on the web, but there are also lots of people getting errors. I could not find a single tutorial, video or forum that actually stepped through the entire process for Python 3x and BeautifulSoup4 on Windows 7. This is what worked for me by piecing together information from various sources.

Install Python 3x: 

Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/ and download Python 3.4.3 for Windows. The default is the 32 bit version, which works fine on either 32 or 64 bit OS. 

Double click the .msi file to run the intaller. Python will install to C:\Python34.

Go to Start > All Programs > Python 3.4 > IDLE (Python 3.4 GUI 32 bit) and the basic IDE will launch.

Test the installation by using simple math. After the prompt >>>, type:

>>>3 + 4

Hit enter. If you get the number 7 as the result with no errors, Python is working. 

Install BeautifulSoup 4:

BeautifulSoup4 is compatible with Python 3x and 2x, but the installation process is a bit different. The following is how I installed it for Python 3x. 

Go to http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/#Download or https://pypi.python.org/pypi/beautifulsoup4/4.3.2 and download beautifulsoup4-4.3.2.tar.gz. 

Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the file. Use 7zip to extract the beautifulsoup4-4.3.2.tar.gz  file. 

Double click the beautifulsoup4-4.3.2.tar.gz folder to drill down though the dist folder and then extract the beautifulsoup4-4.3.2.tar file.

Double click the beautifulsoup4-4.3.2.tar folder to drill down through yet another beautifulsoup4-4.3.2 folder. Inside the beautifulsoup4-4.3.2 folder you will see the setup.py file.

Hold down the Shift key while right clicking anywhere inside the folder and select Open command window here.

At the command prompt type: setup.py install and press Enter. 

When then installation stops running, verify that the package was installed by navigating to the C:\Python34\Lib\site-packages directory. If installed you will see the bs4 directory.

Verify that the installation is working by going to Go to Start > All Programs > Python 3.4 > IDLE (Python 3.4 GUI 32 bit) to launch the basic IDE.

After the prompt type: >>>from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

If you receive no errors it is working. 

[david cousquer]

Thanks. Saved me from a long period of unsuccessful attempts!

[Rahul Khandalkar]

Thank you, It was very helpful

[Liuxun Zhu]

Thank you, it works!

[samo...@gmail.com]

thanks alot

[Michael Odal]

Thanks man. Worked like a charm!

[Bhaskar Dev]

On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 8:29:04 PM UTC-5, Sam Wainford wrote:

Here is my result

===========================

E:\beautifulsoup4-4.5.3>setup.py install

running install

running bdist_egg

running egg_info

writing dependency_links to beautifulsoup4.egg-info\dependency_links.txt

writing requirements to beautifulsoup4.egg-info\requires.txt

writing beautifulsoup4.egg-info\PKG-INFO

writing top-level names to beautifulsoup4.egg-info\top_level.txt

reading manifest file 'beautifulsoup4.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'

reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'

writing manifest file 'beautifulsoup4.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'

installing library code to build\bdist.win32\egg

running install_lib

running build_py

creating build

creating build\lib

creating build\lib\bs4

copying bs4\1631353.py -> build\lib\bs4

copying bs4\dammit.py -> build\lib\bs4

copying bs4\diagnose.py -> build\lib\bs4

copying bs4\element.py -> build\lib\bs4

copying bs4\testing.py -> build\lib\bs4

copying bs4\__init__.py -> build\lib\bs4

creating build\lib\bs4\builder

copying bs4\builder\_html5lib.py -> build\lib\bs4\builder

copying bs4\builder\_htmlparser.py -> build\lib\bs4\builder

copying bs4\builder\_lxml.py -> build\lib\bs4\builder

copying bs4\builder\__init__.py -> build\lib\bs4\builder

creating build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_builder_registry.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_docs.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_html5lib.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_htmlparser.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_lxml.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_soup.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\test_tree.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

copying bs4\tests\__init__.py -> build\lib\bs4\tests

Fixing build\lib\bs4\1631353.py build\lib\bs4\dammit.py build\lib\bs4\diagnose.p

y build\lib\bs4\element.py build\lib\bs4\testing.py build\lib\bs4\__init__.py bu

ild\lib\bs4\builder\_html5lib.py build\lib\bs4\builder\_htmlparser.py build\lib\

bs4\builder\_lxml.py build\lib\bs4\builder\__init__.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_

builder_registry.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_docs.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_ht

ml5lib.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_htmlparser.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_lxml.p

y build\lib\bs4\tests\test_soup.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_tree.py build\lib\bs

4\tests\__init__.py

Skipping implicit fixer: buffer

Skipping implicit fixer: idioms

Skipping implicit fixer: set_literal

Skipping implicit fixer: ws_comma

Fixing build\lib\bs4\1631353.py build\lib\bs4\dammit.py build\lib\bs4\diagnose.p

y build\lib\bs4\element.py build\lib\bs4\testing.py build\lib\bs4\__init__.py bu

ild\lib\bs4\builder\_html5lib.py build\lib\bs4\builder\_htmlparser.py build\lib\

bs4\builder\_lxml.py build\lib\bs4\builder\__init__.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_

builder_registry.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_docs.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_ht

ml5lib.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_htmlparser.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_lxml.p

y build\lib\bs4\tests\test_soup.py build\lib\bs4\tests\test_tree.py build\lib\bs

4\tests\__init__.py

Skipping implicit fixer: buffer

Skipping implicit fixer: idioms

Skipping implicit fixer: set_literal

Skipping implicit fixer: ws_comma

creating build\bdist.win32

creating build\bdist.win32\egg

creating build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

copying build\lib\bs4\1631353.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

creating build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder

copying build\lib\bs4\builder\_html5lib.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder

copying build\lib\bs4\builder\_htmlparser.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builde

r

copying build\lib\bs4\builder\_lxml.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder

copying build\lib\bs4\builder\__init__.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder

copying build\lib\bs4\dammit.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

copying build\lib\bs4\diagnose.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

copying build\lib\bs4\element.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

copying build\lib\bs4\testing.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

creating build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_builder_registry.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs

4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_docs.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_html5lib.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_htmlparser.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\test

s

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_lxml.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_soup.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\test_tree.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\tests\__init__.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests

copying build\lib\bs4\__init__.py -> build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\1631353.py to 1631353.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder\_html5lib.py to _html5lib.cpyth

on-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder\_htmlparser.py to _htmlparser.c

python-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder\_lxml.py to _lxml.cpython-34.py

c

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\builder\__init__.py to __init__.cpython

-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\dammit.py to dammit.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\diagnose.py to diagnose.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\element.py to element.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\testing.py to testing.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_builder_registry.py to test_

builder_registry.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_docs.py to test_docs.cpython

-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_html5lib.py to test_html5lib

.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_htmlparser.py to test_htmlpa

rser.cpython-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_lxml.py to test_lxml.cpython

-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_soup.py to test_soup.cpython

-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\test_tree.py to test_tree.cpython

-34.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\tests\__init__.py to __init__.cpython-3

4.pyc

byte-compiling build\bdist.win32\egg\bs4\__init__.py to __init__.cpython-34.pyc

creating build\bdist.win32\egg\EGG-INFO

copying beautifulsoup4.egg-info\PKG-INFO -> build\bdist.win32\egg\EGG-INFO

copying beautifulsoup4.egg-info\SOURCES.txt -> build\bdist.win32\egg\EGG-INFO

copying beautifulsoup4.egg-info\dependency_links.txt -> build\bdist.win32\egg\EG

G-INFO

copying beautifulsoup4.egg-info\requires.txt -> build\bdist.win32\egg\EGG-INFO

copying beautifulsoup4.egg-info\top_level.txt -> build\bdist.win32\egg\EGG-INFO

zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...

creating dist

creating 'dist\beautifulsoup4-4.5.3-py3.4.egg' and adding 'build\bdist.win32\egg

' to it

removing 'build\bdist.win32\egg' (and everything under it)

Processing beautifulsoup4-4.5.3-py3.4.egg

Copying beautifulsoup4-4.5.3-py3.4.egg to c:\python34\lib\site-packages

Adding beautifulsoup4 4.5.3 to easy-install.pth file

Installed c:\python34\lib\site-packages\beautifulsoup4-4.5.3-py3.4.egg

Processing dependencies for beautifulsoup4==4.5.3

Finished processing dependencies for beautifulsoup4==4.5.3

========================================================

But I cant find the bs4 file under Python directory. What can I do now? Please help me.

 

[Michael#]

@ Bhaskar Dev

I was also unable to identify the bs4 folder under the Python directory.

I guess it's a strict requirement. Proceed with the last instructions on the post (pasted again below), and if you receive no errors as indicated, you good to go.

 

Verify that the installation is working by going to Go to Start > All Programs > Python 3.4 > IDLE (Python 3.4 GUI 32 bit) to launch the basic IDE.

After the prompt type: >>>from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

If you receive no errors it is working. 

 

Hope this helps? 

[Saiyan Pride]

not working !when i type from bs4 import beautifulsoup4 it shows error?

>>>from bs4 import beautifulSoup4

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>

    from bs4 import beautifulSoup4

  File "C:\Users\Rage Destroyer\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\bs4\__init__.py", line 30, in <module>

    from .builder import builder_registry, ParserRejectedMarkup

  File "C:\Users\Rage Destroyer\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\bs4\builder\__init__.py", line 308, in <module>

    from . import _htmlparser

  File "C:\Users\Rage Destroyer\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\bs4\builder\_htmlparser.py", line 7, in <module>

    from html.parser import (

ImportError: cannot import name 'HTMLParseError'

>>> 

[prasann sethi]

i am getting the same error

[Marx babu]

Exactly same error ,I am using python3.6 with windows ,what else is missing here..

Any solution for this 

[Pooja Steven]

I am receiving  same error... Any resolution?