lxml - cannot import etree

[lyn2py]

Hello there, I am adding lxml to the modules folder. And ran into error (below).

1. I am using the latest version of web2py from git
2. I used to use lxml this way and it worked (that was 2 years ago)
3. This app was created brand new with the only line added "from lxml import etree, objectify"
4. lxml was downloaded using command "git clone git://github.com/lxml/lxml.git lxml", according to http://lxml.de/index.html#download
   

Thank you I appreciate any assistance!

<type 'exceptions.ImportError'> cannot import name etree

Version
web2py™
Version 2.9.11-stable+timestamp.2014.09.15.18.31.17
Python
Python 2.7.5: /usr/bin/python (prefix: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7)


Traceback

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/./gluon/restricted.py", line 224, in restricted
    exec ccode in environment
  File "/Users/./applications/app/controllers/default.py", line 3, in <module>
    from lxml import etree, objectify
ImportError: cannot import name etree

 

[Leonel Câmara]

Did you compile lxml? I'm also not sure non pure Python modules work in the app modules folder.

[lyn2py]

Yes you are right Leonel, I just found this:

http://lxml.de/2.1/build.html

it needs to be compiled first. 

Thank you!

[Niphlod]

sources aren't enough.... lxml needs to be built, it's not a pure python module.