I'm attempting to built lxml 2.2.6 for Python 2.7b2 on Windows XP using static linking, but the build fails with the following error:
python setup.py install --static
Building lxml version 2.2.6. NOTE: Trying to build without Cython, pre-generated 'src/lxml/lxml.etree.c' need s to be available. ERROR: 'xslt-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ** make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed ** Using build configuration of libxslt Building against libxml2/libxslt in one of the following directories: ..\iconv-1.9.2.win32\lib ..\libxml2-2.7.6.win32\lib ..\libxslt-1.1.26.win32\lib ..\zlib-1.2.3.win32\lib running build running build_py running build_ext building 'lxml.etree' extension error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat I gathered from http://codespeak.net/lxml/build.html#static-linking-on-windows that I need development packages, but I'm at a loss where to find them. Any suggestions? Russ