Axidraw CLI

[Dr. Ricky]

Hi all,

I have been trying to use a Linux machine to work with the CLI for the Axidraw. I successfully installed Python 3.9, and used pip to run the installation instructions. But when I run

axicli –help

I get this error

from lxml import etree
ImportError: cannot import name ‘etree’ from ‘lxml’ (/opt/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lxml/__init__.py)

I’ve tried reinstalling lxml (based on some reddit posts) but no luck so far. Any ideas?

[Windell Oskay]

Try python3 -m pip install lxml

[Dr. Ricky]

Hi, Windell,

I’ve tried that, no change to the error.

from lxml import etree
ImportError: cannot import name ‘etree’ from ‘lxml’ (/opt/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lxml/__init__.py)

[Windell Oskay]

try which python3

[Dr. Ricky]

I get /opt/bin/python3

which is the place it was installed. Version is

Python 3.9.5

[Windell Oskay]

Try opening a terminal, and in it launch python:

python3

Then, try

import lxml

[Dr. Ricky]

So far, still inside the python environment. No error.

[Windell Oskay]

Then try
from lxml import etree

[Dr. Ricky]

I get the error

File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name ‘etree’ from ‘lxml’ (/opt/lib/python3.9/site-packages/lxml/__init__.py)

[Dr. Ricky]

Seems to be a pretty common error among a lot of python programs that use lxml.

[Windell Oskay]

Pretty rare in practice– just means that it isn’t installed correctly.

OS/version/architecture? And, is this macports?

In a new terminal, try python3 -m pip list | grep lxml

[Dr. Ricky]

No, this is on intel on QNAP, from a package manager entware.net. Basically a version of Linux. I can run Docker images on it, but would have trouble passing the USB port to it.

[Dr. Ricky]

lxml 4.6.3

also

axidrawinternal 2.7.4

:)

[Windell Oskay]

Well, there’s one that we’ve never come across before. Some searches show other cases of this issue on that platform.

There is some general advice about lxml installation here:

https://lxml.de/installation.html

Depending on what’s available through your package manager, you might try installing python3-lxml or possibly libxml2-dev libxslt-dev python-dev, and see if any of those help.

[alanwats]

No, it’s on Intel from entware.net, a package manager on QNAP. Basically a version of Linux. I can run docker images on it, but will have trouble passing the usb port to it.

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