Re: [pyxl] Installing xlrd

[LRN]

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On 06.04.2013 07:04, J. Kumar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a bit new to Python and could use some help .I am attempting to
> install xlrd on my Windows 7 PC (have Python 3.2) using the Windows
> installer and get an error: "No Python installation found in
> directory." I know what this means - how do I get around it? Don't
> want to install files in the wrong area. Thanks in advance
>
Download xlrd release 9.1 (source code, not the installer), then use
setup.py to compile and install it (setup.py is a standard mechanism
for setting up Python packages, you should have no problem finding
documentation).

I once downloaded the installer, and it took me a while to figure out
that it installs an old 6.x version of xlrd, not the 9.x new hotness
that i needed (with Python 3.x compatibility).

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[Chris Withers]

On 06/04/2013 00:04, J. Kumar wrote:
> I'm a bit new to Python and could use some help .I am attempting to
> install xlrd on my Windows 7 PC (have Python 3.2)

Unless you're particularly wedded to 3.2, I'd recommend 3.3.

> using the Windows
> installer

What windows installer? Where did you download it from?

> and get an error: "No Python installation found in directory."
> I know what this means - how do I get around it? Don't want to install
> files in the wrong area. Thanks in advance

I'd get to grips with virtualenv if I were you...

Chris

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On 06.04.2013 19:07, Chris Withers wrote:
> On 06/04/2013 00:04, J. Kumar wrote:
>> using the Windows installer
>
> What windows installer? Where did you download it from?

My guess is [1]

[1] http://www.lexicon.net/sjmachin/xlrd.htm

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[Anurag Chourasia]

A new version of xlrd was released earlier today.

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.1

I would recommend you use that and install using source to avoid the issue you are having.

Installing is as easy as issuing a command python setup.py install.

Regards,
Anurag

On 6 Apr 2013 05:18, "J. Kumar" <jasmin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I'm a bit new to Python and could use some help .I am attempting to install xlrd on my Windows 7 PC (have Python 3.2) using the Windows installer and get an error: "No Python installation found in directory."  I know what this means - how do I get around it? Don't want to install files in the wrong area. Thanks in advance

JK

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[Ravish Bapna]

Hi Mr. Kumar,

I think Python(x,y) will prove handy to you.

https://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/

Let me know in case you still have problem.

Regards
Ravish

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On 06.04.2013 21:38, Ravish Bapna wrote:
> On 4/6/2013 8:34 AM, J. Kumar wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm a bit new to Python and could use some help .I am attempting
>> to install xlrd on my Windows 7 PC (have Python 3.2) using the
>> Windows installer and get an error: "No Python installation found
>> in directory." I know what this means - how do I get around it?
>> Don't want to install files in the wrong area. Thanks in advance
>>
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> Hi Mr. Kumar,
>
> I think Python(x,y) will prove handy to you.
>
> https://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/
>
> Let me know in case you still have problem.

AFAICS, Python(x,y) is based on Python 2.7.
xlrd 9.x requires Python 3.x

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[Chris Withers]

On 06/04/2013 14:44, LRN wrote:
>> I think Python(x,y) will prove handy to you.
>>
>> https://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/
>>
>> Let me know in case you still have problem.
> AFAICS, Python(x,y) is based on Python 2.7.
> xlrd 9.x requires Python 3.x

No it doesn't. I supports 3.x, but will work fine with 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 and
3.3, see here:

http://jenkins.simplistix.co.uk/job/xlrd/

However, if you're looking for a fully featured Python distro with lots
of extra libraries included, I'd consider Enthought's Free Python
Distribution:

http://www.enthought.com/products/epd_free.php

...as well as Python(x,y).

cheers,

[J. Kumar]

Thanks for all the help and LRN for posting correctly where I was getting the installer from.

I will upgrade Python to 3.3 and give this a second attempt.  I am learning to use Python for writing scripts to manipulate GIS data  

JK

[ach...@indeed.com]

Hi Chris, (+ All)

A few months into learning python for work and am attempting to install xlrd/xlwt/xlutils onto my OS X 10.8.4 using virtualenv and python 2.7.

I followed the instructions found below and on other places online by downloading the tar.gz files to a folder (downloaded from here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.2), unzipping them, and then navigating to that folder and running:

(VIrtualEnv)Person's-MacBook-Air:xlrd-0.9.2 Person$ python setup.py install

I get this Syntax Error and haven't been able to find any information about it:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "setup.py", line 18, in <module>

    from xlrd.info import __VERSION__

  File "/Users/Person/Projects/VIrtualEnv/xlrd-0.9.2/xlrd/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>

    from . import licences

  File "/Users/Person/Projects/VIrtualEnv/xlrd-0.9.2/xlrd/licences.py", line 1

SyntaxError: encoding problem: with BOM

Not sure if this is good practice, but as you can see, I have unzipped the xlrd/xlwt/xlutils packages into the virtualenv folder I have setup for this project.

Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone help me install correctly?

Thanks!

[Matthew Smith]

Use pip?

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Yeah, what he said.

Looks like whatever you have used to unpacked the tarball has screwed it
up...

Chris

On 27/08/2013 21:09, Matthew Smith wrote:
> Use pip?
>
> On Aug 27, 2013 4:07 PM, <ach...@indeed.com

> <mailto:ach...@indeed.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris, (+ All)
>
> A few months into learning python for work and am attempting to
> install xlrd/xlwt/xlutils onto my OS X 10.8.4 using virtualenv and
> python 2.7.
>
> I followed the instructions found below and on other places online
> by downloading the tar.gz files to a folder (downloaded from here:
> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.2), unzipping them, and then
> navigating to that folder and running:
>
> (VIrtualEnv)Person's-MacBook-Air:xlrd-0.9.2 Person$ python setup.py
> install
>
> I get this Syntax Error and haven't been able to find any
> information about it:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "setup.py", line 18, in <module>

> from xlrd.info <http://xlrd.info> import __VERSION__

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