How To Install python-lxml.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxml.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. python-lxml.x86_64 is ElementTree-like Python bindings for libxml2 and libxslt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxml.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python-lxml.x86_64`

lxml provides a Python binding to the libxslt and libxml2 libraries. It follows the ElementTree API as much as possible in order to provide a more Pythonic interface to libxml2 and libxslt than the default bindings. In particular, lxml deals with Python Unicode strings rather than encoded UTF-8 and handles memory management automatically, unlike the default bindings.

We can use yum to install python-lxml.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-lxml.x86_64.

Install python-lxml.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python-lxml.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-lxml.x86_64

How To Uninstall python-lxml.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python-lxml.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python-lxml.x86_64

python-lxml.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/ElementInclude.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/ElementInclude.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/ElementInclude.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/_elementpath.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/_elementpath.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/_elementpath.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/builder.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/builder.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/builder.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/cssselect.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/cssselect.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/cssselect.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/doctestcompare.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/doctestcompare.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/doctestcompare.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/etree.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/ElementSoup.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/ElementSoup.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_diffcommand.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_diffcommand.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_diffcommand.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_html5builder.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_html5builder.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_html5builder.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_setmixin.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_setmixin.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/_setmixin.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/builder.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/builder.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/builder.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/clean.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/clean.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/clean.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/defs.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/defs.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/defs.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/diff.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/diff.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/diff.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/formfill.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/formfill.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/formfill.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/html5parser.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/html5parser.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/html5parser.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/soupparser.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/soupparser.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/soupparser.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/usedoctest.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/usedoctest.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/html/usedoctest.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/c14n.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/config.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/dtdvalid.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/etree_defs.h
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/etreepublic.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/htmlparser.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/lxml-version.h
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/relaxng.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/schematron.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/tree.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/uri.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/xinclude.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/xmlerror.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/xmlparser.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/xmlschema.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/xpath.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/includes/xslt.pxd
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/rng
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/rng/iso-schematron.rng
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/RNG2Schtrn.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/XSD2Schtrn.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_abstract_expand.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_dsdl_include.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_schematron_message.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_schematron_skeleton_for_xslt1.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_svrl_for_xslt1.xsl
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/readme.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/lxml.etree.h
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/lxml.etree_api.h
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/objectify.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/pyclasslookup.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/pyclasslookup.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/pyclasslookup.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/sax.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/sax.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/sax.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/usedoctest.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/usedoctest.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/lxml/usedoctest.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python-lxml-3.2.1
/usr/share/doc/python-lxml-3.2.1/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/python-lxml-3.2.1/CREDITS.txt
/usr/share/doc/python-lxml-3.2.1/LICENSES.txt
/usr/share/doc/python-lxml-3.2.1/PKG-INFO

References

python-lxml.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxml.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.