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  • tkpmep@hotmail.com
    #1

    Installing PyExcelerator to write Excel files from Python

    I downloaded PyExcelerator.z ip as I need to write some data into Excel
    files, and tried unsuccessfully to install it. I unzipped the files
    into C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator, and in a python
    command line window typed
    [color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>>os.chdir(" C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator")[/color][/color][/color]

    followed by
    [color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>>python ./setup.py install[/color][/color][/color]

    exactly as stated in README.txt. However all I get is a SyntaxError.

    I then tried various combinations - with and without enclosing quotes,
    with and without ./, and in all cases I get a SyntaxError. Has anyone
    installed this program successfully? If so, what's the magic ingredient
    for a successful install?

    Thanks in advance

    Thomas Philips

    Tags: pyexcelerator, python pyexcelerator
    • Fredrik Lundh
      #2
      Re: Installing PyExcelerator to write Excel files from Python

      tkpmep@hotmail. com wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I downloaded PyExcelerator.z ip as I need to write some data into Excel
      > files, and tried unsuccessfully to install it. I unzipped the files
      > into C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator, and in a python
      > command line window typed
      >[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>>os.chdir(" C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator")[/color][/color]
      >
      > followed by
      >[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>>python ./setup.py install[/color][/color]
      >
      > exactly as stated in README.txt. However all I get is a SyntaxError.
      >
      > I then tried various combinations - with and without enclosing quotes,
      > with and without ./, and in all cases I get a SyntaxError. Has anyone
      > installed this program successfully? If so, what's the magic ingredient
      > for a successful install?[/color]

      use a windows *command interpreter* window, instead of typing windows
      commands into a Python interpreter.

      (if you cannot find it in your start menu, select "run..." and run the "cmd"
      command).

      </F>



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        • tkpmep@hotmail.com
          #3
          Re: Installing PyExcelerator to write Excel files from Python

          Thanks!!! I had a good laugh at myself after i got it working.

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            • Kent Johnson
              #4
              Re: Installing PyExcelerator to write Excel files from Python

              tkpmep@hotmail. com wrote:[color=blue]
              > I downloaded PyExcelerator.z ip as I need to write some data into Excel
              > files, and tried unsuccessfully to install it. I unzipped the files
              > into C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator[/color]

              You should unzip to somewhere else, the install step will put the
              correct files into site-packages.

              Kent

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