Error importing lxml package python in Ubuntu

Question

When I try importing lxml package in python I am receiving the following error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/lxml/html/__init__.py", line 42, in    <module>
   from lxml import etree
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/lxml/etree.so: undefined symbol:   PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeLatin1

Please help to fix this.
(Python version ->2.7.5)

Check out this stackoverflow answer, it might help. My guess is that the package you get from apt doesn't supposrt the UCS4 and you may need to build from scratch — Mitch, Oct 10 '14 at 13:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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According to your answer to a different question, you have a python interpreter in /usr/local/bin.

As musher pointed out it could not have been compiled to support ucs4. Try with the version installed in /usr/bin instead.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Oct 10 '14 at 13:30

Sylvain Pineau

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