The freely available Platform SDK is enough to compile lxml for py2.6 and up. Just search this list archives for my instructions on setting up the proper environment variables so distutils can find the compiler and linker. There's even a .bat file I provided to do so.
On Saturday, October 22, 2011, Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> wrote:
> Am 18.10.2011 14:41, schrieb Stefan Behnel:
>> Adam GROSZER, 18.10.2011 08:56:
>> Many users forget that providing Windows builds actually costs time and
>> money. Sometimes, they can be built with free software, in which case they
>> cost only time, but that, at least to some people, is also money.
>>
>> In short, you get what you've paid for.
>>
>> That being said, Christoph Gohlke provides unofficial Windows builds of
>> lxml. I can't make any guarantees for them, because they are binary builds,
>> but I'm certainly grateful that he does it because then I don't have to.
>>
>> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml
>
>
> Brian Curtin <brian.curtin@gmail.com> was able to get a bunch of free
> MSDN subscriptions for Python developers. The MSDN subscription includes
> free access to Windows and Visual Studio downloads and licences. He
> might be able to get additional subscriptions. It still costs time to
> build Windows binaries but at least you might get free access to the
> entire tool chain.
>
> Christian
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