lxml has essentially nothing
Question: The `lxml` package for Python seems to absolutely broken on my system. I am
not sure of the problem, as all of the files are in place, it seems. My
suspicion is that the problem is in `__init__.py`, but I don't have enough
practice with the system to make an accurate diagnosis or fix the problem.

Here is some code that I think will help diagnose the problem:

    
    
    Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec  7 2009, 18:45:15) 
    [GCC 4.4.1] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import lxml
    >>> dir(lxml)
    ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__']
    >>> print lxml.__path__
    ['/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/lxml']
    >>> c = open("/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/lxml/__init__.py", "r")
    >>> for line in c:
    ...     print line
    ... 
    # this is a package
    
    
    
    >>> c.close()
    >>> import os
    >>> os.system("ls /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/lxml/")
    builder.py      ElementInclude.py   __init__.py    sax.pyc
    builder.pyc     ElementInclude.pyc  __init__.pyc       usedoctest.py
    cssselect.py        _elementpath.py objectify.so       usedoctest.pyc
    cssselect.pyc       _elementpath.pyc    pyclasslookup.py
    doctestcompare.py   etree.so        pyclasslookup.pyc
    doctestcompare.pyc  html        sax.py
    0
    >>> 
    

Like I said, my suspicion is that `__init__.py` contains the problem, but I'm
not 100% sure.

Also, I'm using Linux Mint 8 - the rough equivalent of Ubuntu 9.10.

Thanks in advance.


Answer: No, you're just doing it wrong! Try, e.g., `from lxml import etree`, and you
should be able to use `etree` fully. `import lxml` \-- importing the
**package**! -- does **not** give you implicit access to any of the package's
**modules**!-)

