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
I get
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
from openpyxl import Workbook
ImportError: No module named 'openpyxl'
I am using Python 3.4 and Ubuntu 14.04, 32-bit OS type
Answers:
@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
I had the same problem solved using instead of pip install :
sudo apt-get install python-openpyxl
sudo apt-get install python3-openpyxl
The sudo command also works better for other packages.
In order to keep track of dependency issues, I like to use the conda installer, which simply boils down to:
conda install openpyxl
You have to install it explixitly using the python package manager as
- pip install openpyxl for Python 2
- pip3 install openpyxl for Python 3
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)
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.
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.
This work for me in Windows, if you want to export or read from Excel
pip install openpyxl
pip install --user xlsxwriter
pip install xlrd==1.2.0
This is what worked for me:
pip uninstall openpyxl
pip install openpyxl
Or you can also try
pip3 uninstall openpyxl
pip3 install openpyxl
If you are using notebooks such as google-colab, jupyter-notebook, etc you can try this:
!pip uninstall openpyxl
!pip install openpyxl
Or using pip3
!pip3 uninstall openpyxl
!pip3 install openpyxl
Then you may need to restart your notebook if you are using a notebook.
What worked with me, including many of the above solutions, is to work in with venv, pip install all the requirements in the new virtual environment and run the program.
Open PyCharm Package and install OPENPYXL. Its working.
I installed openpyxl with
$ pip install openpyxl
when I try the command
from openpyxl import Workbook
I get
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
from openpyxl import Workbook
ImportError: No module named 'openpyxl'
I am using Python 3.4 and Ubuntu 14.04, 32-bit OS type
@zetysz and @Manish already fixed the problem. I am just putting this in an answer for future reference:
-
piprefers to Python 2 as a default in Ubuntu, this means thatpip install xwill install the module for Python 2 and not for 3 -
pip3refers to Python 3, it will install the module for Python 3
I had the same problem solved using instead of pip install :
sudo apt-get install python-openpyxl
sudo apt-get install python3-openpyxl
The sudo command also works better for other packages.
In order to keep track of dependency issues, I like to use the conda installer, which simply boils down to:
conda install openpyxl
You have to install it explixitly using the python package manager as
- pip install openpyxl for Python 2
- pip3 install openpyxl for Python 3
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)
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.
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.
This work for me in Windows, if you want to export or read from Excel
pip install openpyxl
pip install --user xlsxwriter
pip install xlrd==1.2.0
This is what worked for me:
pip uninstall openpyxl
pip install openpyxl
Or you can also try
pip3 uninstall openpyxl
pip3 install openpyxl
If you are using notebooks such as google-colab, jupyter-notebook, etc you can try this:
!pip uninstall openpyxl
!pip install openpyxl
Or using pip3
!pip3 uninstall openpyxl
!pip3 install openpyxl
Then you may need to restart your notebook if you are using a notebook.
What worked with me, including many of the above solutions, is to work in with venv, pip install all the requirements in the new virtual environment and run the program.
Open PyCharm Package and install OPENPYXL. Its working.