Where to get it lxml is generally distributed through PyPI. Most Linux platforms come with some version of lxml readily packaged, usually named python-lxml for the Python 2.x version and python3-lxml for Python 3.x. If you can use that version, the quickest way to install lxml is to use the system package manager, e.g. apt-get on Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python3-lxml For MacOS-X, a macp