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Asked: 2026-06-05T19:34:03+00:00

I’m on windows xp pro sp 3. OK, so basically easy_install lxml does not

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I’m on windows xp pro sp 3.

OK, so basically easy_install lxml does not work. I’ve got errors like this: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat. But after I downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2008 express, a new error came up: ValueError: [u'path']. I’ve searched around and couldn’t find any solution for this, anybody please help me out?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It would appear that you do not have Microsoft’s compiler installed.
    You have a couple of other options:

    If you choose to install a compiler follow these instructions:

    1. install MinGW compiler
    2. add MinGW compiler’s bin directory to your PATH env var ( detailed instructions in accepted answer to this SO question: How do I add the MinGW bin directory to my system path? )
    3. do one of the following two things:
      a. specify which compiler to use in the command-line arguments:
      python setup.py install build --compiler=mingw32
      b. or for a more permanent solution modify \Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg — go ahead and create it if it doesn’t exist — and add this section: 
    [build]
compiler=mingw
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