Unable to install lxml using pip in Python 3.9

[agopalan]

BPO	41992
Nosy	@ericvsmith, @jugmac00

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title = 'Unable to install lxml using pip in Python 3.9'
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[agopalan]

Installed Python 3.9 from Python.org
Tried installing lxml package using the command
"pip install lxml"
It complains that it is unable to do so without libxml2 (which is not a python package). I do not have the same issue with 3.8.6.

[jugmac00]

There is no Python 3.9 compatible package on PyPI yet ( https://pypi.org/project/lxml/#files ).

I guess you have to wait a bit more until there will be a new release.

Also, this is the cpython issue tracker. When you have problems with a specific package, it is best to seek help at their issue tracker. For lxml this would be https://launchpad.net/lxml

Actually, there is already an issue on their tracker about support for Python 3.9
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/1892261

I suggest to close this issue here.

[ericvsmith]

Closing as third party.