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I'd like to use etree, expat or similar, though I understood etree is easier to use. But how do I install that when I already have Python 2.7.2 installed on Ubuntu 11.10?

All documentation I can find through Google suggests that xml parsing is available by default for Python. Or at least when I search for install xml parser python, or any combination of similar words, also including etree or expat I can't find what steps to take (a commandline install method).

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You are probably looking for something like lxml.

Please have a look at the lxml webpage

You can install it in ubuntu with

sudo apt-get install python-lxml
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  • This will work for me. I already tried sudo apt-get install python-xml. Just one letter off from a solution...
    – Ruud
    Nov 26, 2011 at 8:50
  • One thing I should mention. I did have to follow the installation instructions from the lxml.de webpage. After just sudo apt-get install python-lxml Their test script still failed for me...
    – Ruud
    Nov 28, 2011 at 22:58
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If you're looking for etree, you don't need to install anything, it's available in xml.etree.ElementTree.

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