I'm having trouble installing xlrd 0.9.2 for python

Question

Can someone give me a guide for morons? I am a little beside myself from this depth. So far I have downloaded xlrd 0.9.2 and tried to follow readme, but neither I nor ctrl-f could find the mentioned installer.

Answer 1

download

The current version of xlrd can be found here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd

extract folder somewhere

go to the folder you extracted to find ... setup setup.py

open a command window (start → run-> cmd)

cd to the directory with setup.py

type: python setup.py install

you may need configuration tools (which can be obtained here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installation-instructions )

Answer 2

If this window should work. Browser for "folder with python" \ scripts. Open cmd here (shift + right click, and it should be an option in the context menu.)

inn type: easy_install.exe xlrd
It should download and install if for you.

Answer 3

I don’t think you really need to download the file from pypi, because you have the following simple option:

 $ pip install xlrd 

So simple! You can install it using pip, easy_install, virtualenv, or even install the module manually.

The method of downloading the file (s) and installation is called manual installation.

You can do this after you have unzipped the folder, and then go to the cd folder and follow these steps:

 $ python setup.py install 

Answer 4

If you installed pip, which is available with the python installation file; then just follow these steps:

1. Open command line
2. Type "pip install xlrd"

I hope this works