Python 3.3 install xlutils

[Jiaqian Wang]

Hi!!

I want to edit existing excel file using Python, but I got error when trying to install xlutils. I'm using Python 3.3 and I have installed xlrd and xlwt already. When I enter 'python setup.py install' in the corresponding directory, in returns the error as follows:

 

I'm not sure what was the problem. Hope anyone can help me figure this out.

Thank you!!

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

You can download and run this: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
Not sure if it also works for Python 3 though.

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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[Dennis Newbold]

per the xlutils documentation, it will work with python 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7.  No mention of 3.3.  unles you specifically require 3.3 for your application, you might try falling back to one of those instead.  In addition, even if you do that, per the documentation, the recommended installation methods are pip, easy-install and buildout.  Perhaps if you use one of the approved python versions and / or one of the recommended installation methods, the problem may resolve itself.

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[Aaron DeVore]

xlutils needs to have xlwt ported before it can introduce Python 3 support. Python 3 support for xlwt is in progress, but not finished yet.

-Aaron DeVore

[Dennis Newbold]

Thanks, Aaron. I suspected as much, but couldn't find anything in the documentation to support that.  Good to hear it from an authoritative source.

Dennis

[Aaron DeVore]

I'm not an authoritative source. The GitHub issue tracker is the authoritative source:

https://github.com/python-excel/xlwt/issues

-Aaron DeVore

[Dennis Newbold]

Oh.  Well, thanks for the link.  Not a Git fan myself, so hadn't looked there.

Dennis

[Chris Withers]

So use Subversion then...

https://github.com/blog/966-improved-subversion-client-support

Chris

> <mailto:wangji...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi!!
>
> I want to edit existing excel file using Python, but
> I got error when trying to install xlutils. I'm
> using Python 3.3 and I have installed xlrd and xlwt
> already. When I enter 'python setup.py install' in
> the corresponding directory, in returns the error as
> follows:
>

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> help me figure this out.
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> Thank you!!
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Chris Withers wrote:

> On 16/09/2013 22:38, Dennis Newbold wrote:
> >Oh. Well, thanks for the link. Not a Git fan myself, so hadn't looked
> >there.
> >
> >Dennis
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> So use Subversion then...
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> https://github.com/blog/966-improved-subversion-client-support
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> Chris

[rhetorical] surely the only alternative to git is mercurial, not subversion! :-)

[Dennis Newbold]

It feels like we're getting a little off-topic here for a list about python-excel.  I'm interested in learning more about both mercurial and bazaar, but really don't know enough about either or the other alternatives to hold my own in a "which is the best scm" debate, so I prefer to remain silent and read other people's comments, hoping to learn something.  Do appreciate and thank you for your "bits of wisdom".

Take care,

Dennis

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[Jiaqian Wang]

Hi!!

Thank you for all your reply!!

I think I better wait for the updated xlutils to work for Python 3.3.

Thanks for all your help! 

[Chris Withers]

On 17/09/2013 09:02, Jiaqian Wang wrote:
> Hi!!
>
> Thank you for all your reply!!
> I think I better wait for the updated xlutils to work for Python 3.3.

You'll be waiting a long time.

Use Python 2.7

cheers,

Chris

[jochen.t...@googlemail.com]

Hi there,

searching the web for a solution of the same problem.

By now, both xlrd and xlwt are ported to python3. Are there any news regarding xlutils?

Cheers

Jochen

[Tarek Hoteit]

hi. did any one find out if xlutils.copy is ported somewhere for Python3?

[Celso Vicente Mercado]

Install xlsxwriter ñ.ñ

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[Chris Withers]

Neither xlwt nor xlutils have had Python 3 compatible releases.

I'm hoping to change that over the next day or two, but in the meantime, please consider trying out openpyxl...

Chris

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[David Crisp]

Hang on,  Have I missed something and found a twist in the universe?   I have been using xlwt in my code for the last 18 months using Python 3.3.. 

(NOT xlutils.  I haven't looked at those)

Regards,

David

[Chris Withers]

Where did you get it from?

('cos I can assure you, it's not the 'original' xlwt, not that that counts for much given how little maintenance we've put into it...)

[John Yeung]

> On 13/04/2015 19:30, David Crisp wrote:
>
> Hang on, Have I missed something and found a twist in the universe? I
> have been using xlwt in my code for the last 18 months using Python 3.3..

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Where did you get it from?
>
> ('cos I can assure you, it's not the 'original' xlwt, not that that counts
> for much given how little maintenance we've put into it...)

The two most plausible choices:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt3/
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt-future/

The latter is actually linked to from the former, which is explicitly
discontinued.

John Y.

[David Crisp]

Hi Chris,

I just checked the ACTUAL version I am using and its xlwt-future 0.8.0.

It DOES, however, function exactly how I need it to function at this time!  (which is why I completely forgot exactly what lib I was using)

Regards,

David