ImportError: No module named xlsxwriter

Question

I recently downloaded the xlsxwriter version 0.6.4 and installed it on my computer. It correctly added it to my C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\xlsxwriter folder, however when I try to import it I get the error ImportError: No module named xlsxwriter. The traceback is File "F:\Working\ArcGIS\ArcGIS .py\Scripts\Append_Geodatabase.py".

However if I try to import numpy (I can't remember what numby is, however it is located in the same site-packages folder C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\numpy) it has no problem.

Any idea of what could be causing this issue?

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Even if it looks like the module is installed, as far as Python is concerned it isn't since it throw that exception.

Try installing the module again using one of the installation methods shown in the XlsxWriter docs and look out for any installation errors.

If there are none then run a sample program like the following:

import xlsxwriter

workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook('hello.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

worksheet.write('A1', 'Hello world')

workbook.close()

Answer 2

Here are some easy way to get you up and running with the XlsxWriter module.The first step is to install the XlsxWriter module.The pip installer is the preferred method for installing Python modules from PyPI, the Python Package Index:

sudo pip install xlsxwriter

Note

Windows users can omit sudo at the start of the command.

Answer 3

I have the same issue. It seems that pip is the problem. Try

pip uninstall xlsxwriter
easy_install xlsxwriter

Answer 4

I managed to resolve this issue as follows...

Be careful, make sure you understand the IDE you're using! - Because I didn't. I was trying to import xlsxwriter using PyCharm and was returning this error.

Assuming you have already attempted the pip installation (sudo pip install xlsxwriter) via your cmd prompt, try using another IDE e.g. Geany - & import xlsxwriter.

I tried this and Geany was importing the library fine. I opened PyCharm and navigated to 'File>Settings>Project:>Project Interpreter' xlslwriter was listed though intriguingly I couldn't import it! I double clicked xlsxwriter and hit 'install Package'... And thats it! It worked!

Hope this helps...

Answer 5

I am not sure what caused this but it went all well once I changed the path name from Lib into lib and I was finally able to make it work.