install.rst

Installation

xmlsec is available on PyPI:

pip install xmlsec

Depending on your OS, you may need to install the required native libraries first:

Linux (Debian)

apt-get install libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl

Note

There is no required version of LibXML2 for Ubuntu Precise, so you need to download and install it manually:

wget http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxml2-2.9.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf libxml2-2.9.1.tar.gz
cd libxml2-2.9.1
./configure && make && make install

Linux (CentOS)

yum install libxml2-devel xmlsec1-devel xmlsec1-openssl-devel libtool-ltdl-devel

Linux (Fedora)

dnf install libxml2-devel xmlsec1-devel xmlsec1-openssl-devel libtool-ltdl-devel

Mac

xcode-select --install
brew upgrade
brew install libxml2 libxmlsec1 pkg-config

Alpine

apk add build-base openssl libffi-dev openssl-dev libxslt-dev libxml2-dev xmlsec-dev xmlsec

Troubleshooting

Mac

If you get any fatal errors about missing .h files, update your C_INCLUDE_PATH environment variable to include the appropriate files from the libxml2 and libxmlsec1 libraries.

Windows

Starting with 1.3.7, prebuilt wheels are available for Windows, so running pip install xmlsec should suffice. If you want to build from source:

1. Configure build environment, see wiki.python.org for more details.

2. Install from source dist:

   pip install xmlsec --no-binary=xmlsec