Install particular version with easy_install

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I'm trying to install lxml. I've had a look at the website, and version 2.2.8 looked reasonable to me but when I did easy_install lxml, it installed version 2.3.beta1 which is not really what I want I presume.

What is the best way to fix this and how can I force easy_install to install a particular version?

(Mac os x 10.6)

lxml depends on a few C libraries for xml, see the accepted answer here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6504810/how-to-install-lxml-with-easy-install — Emmett Butler, Jul 26 '12 at 16:59

score 142 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '10 at 17:08

I believe the way to specify a version would be like this:

easy_install lxml==2.2.8

I (and most other Python users I suspect) stopped using easy_install and started using pip some time ago, so a solution in those terms is:

easy_install pip
pip install lxml==2.2.8

(pip has several benefits, including an uninstall command)

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '10 at 17:09

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From the easy_install documentation:

easy_install PackageName==1.2.3

answered Sep 30 '10 at 17:09

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 30 '10 at 17:09

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You should do something like this:

easy_install "lxml==2.2.8"

answered Sep 30 '10 at 17:09

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