No module named 'openpyxl' - Python 3.4 - Ubuntu

Question

I installed openpyxl with

$ pip install openpyxl

when I try the command

from openpyxl import Workbook
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Answer 1

I still was not able to import 'openpyxl' after successfully installing it via both conda and pip. I discovered that it was installed in '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages', so this https://stackoverflow.com/a/59861933/10794682 worked for me:

import sys 
sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages')

Hope this might be useful for others.

Answer 2

If you're using Python3, then install:

python3 -m pip install --user xlsxwriter

This will run pip with the appropriate version of Python3. If you run bare pip3 and have many versions of Python install, it will still fail leading to more confusion.

The --user flag will allow to install as a regular user and no require root.

Answer 3

You have to install it explixitly using the python package manager as

1. pip install openpyxl for Python 2
2. pip3 install openpyxl for Python 3

Answer 4

In order to keep track of dependency issues, I like to use the conda installer, which simply boils down to:

conda install openpyxl

Answer 5

If you don't use conda, just use :

pip install openpyxl

If you use conda, I'd recommend :

conda install -c anaconda openpyxl

instead of simply conda install openpyxl

Because there are issues right now with conda updating (see GitHub Issue #8842) ; this is being fixed and it should work again after the next release (conda 4.7.6)

Answer 6

@zetysz and @Manish already fixed the problem. I am just putting this in an answer for future reference:

• pip refers to Python 2 as a default in Ubuntu, this means that pip install x will install the module for Python 2 and not for 3

• pip3 refers to Python 3, it will install the module for Python 3