Lxml installation error for Python 2.7.10

Question

Trying to install lxml on mac osx yosemite for python 2.7.10

Using command pip install lxml, I receive: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7/Python.h:33:10: fatal error: 'stdio.h' file not found #include ^ 1 error generated. error: command '/usr/bin/clang' failed with exit status 1

Complete error: Command "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python -c "import setuptools, tokenize; file ='/private/var/folders/h2/hwn1y9sd54b6tl2wyb6vc_kh0000gp/T/pip-build-St5xbb/lxml/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)( file ).read().replace('\\r\\n', '\\n'), file , 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/h2/hwn1y9sd54b6tl2wyb6vc_kh0000gp/T/pip-8QC6OG-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/h2/hwn1y9sd54b6tl2wyb6vc_kh0000gp/T/pip-build-St5xbb/lxml

I have searched and cannot find a solution. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

if you have xcode installed try the following

  $xcode-select --install

You could also try installing python via homebrew

  $brew install python

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