How do you install lxml on OS X Leopard without using MacPorts or Fink?

Question

I\'ve tried this and run in to problems a bunch of times in the past. Does anyone have a recipe for installing lxml on OS X without MacPorts or Fink that definitely works?<

Answer 1

To install with up to date versions of libxml2 and libxslt:

ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" STATIC_DEPS=true pip install lxml

To install with specific versions of libraries:

ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" STATIC_DEPS=true LIBXML2_VERSION=2.7.3 LIBXSLT_VERSION=1.1.24 pip install lxml

CentOS 64 bit (a bit off question, but hard won):

CFLAGS=-fPIC STATIC_DEPS=true pip install lxml

or

CFLAGS=-fPIC STATIC_DEPS=true LIBXML2_VERSION=2.7.3 LIBXSLT_VERSION=1.1.24 pip install lxml