As part of one of the Python scripts I use for work, I need to install the js2xml library to enable me to parse the static JavaScript in a webpage.

Recently, I reimaged my Windows 10 PC so lost all the Python installation modifications I had made, including the installation of this library. I would normally run through the script modules that are required and use

pip install <module>

to install them. However, when installing

js2xml

, it failed on the installation of a dependency called

lxml

with an error relating to Visual C++ Build Tools. It appears that lxml is not available as a standard python installation package and so,

pip

uses

setuptools

to (try to) compile it from source.

Try as I might, I could not find the correct VC++ Build Tools to enable this to work so, after lots of searching online, happened upon this amazing page Python Extension Packages for Windows.

If you look down the page, you'll find a pre-compiled

whl

(wheels) file for

lxml

, in my case, I choose the latest version,

lxml-4.9.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl

.

I simply downloaded this file into the root of the c: drive and ran...

pip install c:\\lxml-4.9.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl

...and installation proceeded without a hitch.