.. title: Install Nikola in virtualenv
.. slug: install-nikola-in-virtualenv
.. date: 2014-10-14 17:01:36
.. tags: nikola, python
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Nikola is a static website/blog generator written in Python. You can
install it in a virtualenv. Although it supports Python 2 and Python 3
I had trouble using Nikola version 7.1 with Python 3.4. Python 2.7
(tested on Ubuntu 14.04) and Python 3.3 (tested on Mac OS X Mavericks)
worked fine.

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Install pre-requisites: `sudo aptitude install build-essential python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv libxml2-dev libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev`

I had to add a few dev libraries to get rid of some
errors on Ubuntu.

Install libxml2-dev and libxslt-dev to get rid of
error: "fatal error: libxml/xmlversion.h: No such file or directory".

Install zlib1g-dev to get rid of error: "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find
-lz".

::

    cg@host ~ $ virtualenv virt-nikola

    cg@host ~ $ `source virt-nikola/bin/activate`

    (virt-nikola)cg@host ~ $ `pip install nikola`

    (virt-nikola)cg@host ~ $ `pip install nikola[extras]`

Hat tip:
`/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3373995/usr-bin-ld-cannot-find-lz>`_, `Ubuntu 11 : fatal error:
libxml/xmlversion.h: No such file or directory <http://www.isnull.com.ar/2011/10/ubuntu-11-fatal-error-libxmlxmlversionh.html>`_

Note: I published this post originally at `Install Nikola in virtualenv <https://codeghar.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/install-nikola-in-virtualenv/>`_. Migrated to Nikola in February 2015.