Installing PyExcelerator to write Excel files from Python

[tkpmep]

I downloaded PyExcelerator.zip 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

os.chdir("C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator")
followed by
python ./setup.py install

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

[Fredrik Lundh]

tk****@hotmail.com wrote:

I downloaded PyExcelerator.zip 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

os.chdir("C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator")
followed by
python ./setup.py install

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?

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).

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[tkpmep]

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

[Kent Johnson]

tk****@hotmail.com wrote:

I downloaded PyExcelerator.zip 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

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

Kent