Install libxml2-python on ubuntu 14.04 by pinning libxml2/libxslt1.1 to precise

install.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# enable precise source
echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe" \
    >> /etc/apt/sources.list

# update system
apt-get -y -qq --force-yes update \

# install needed deps
apt-get -y -qq --force-yes install \
    python-setuptools \
    build-essential \
    wget \
    python-dev \
    libxml2/precise \
    libxml2-dev/precise \
    libxslt1.1/precise \
    libxslt1-dev/precise \
    zlib1g-dev

# install package that depends upon libxml2 and libxslt1.1 to show that both
# will not be upgraded
apt-get -y -qq --force-yes install \
    libxmlsec1 \
    libxmlsec1-dev \
    libxmlsec1-openssl

# install pip
easy_install pip

# install offending package
wget ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/python/libxml2-python-2.6.21.tar.gz
pip install libxml2-python-2.6.21.tar.gz

# install other binding that depends on libxml2 and libxslt1.1
pip install lxml