I did as suggested but with the same result.
I am now looking at extracting the code from the the separate files to
form a single module, and hopefully get a result.
On 27/08/2018 14:14, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Hi Dave, and welcome!
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:14:33PM +0100, Dave Hill wrote:
I have found 'odswriter' on GitHub
https://github.com/mmulqueen/odswriter which appears to provide what I
want. However, I have come to a halt, due to the limitation of my knowledge.
[...]
I get the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Code\Python\ODS_Writer\Test_ODS#1.py", line 5, in <module>
from OdsWriter import odswriter as ods
File "C:\Code\Python\ODS_Writer\OdsWriter.py", line 7, in <module>
from . import ods_components
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package
I have put the code from GitHub in various locations
That sounds like the problem. Some libraries are pretty forgiving about
where they are, some not so much. Some come with detailed installation
instructions, some don't.
This appears to be in the second category of both cases.
I would start by carefully deleting the code from Github (or at least
moving it out of the way) first, then installing it again.
Try installing it using the pip command. Open up a command line console.
I think you do this under Windows by typing Ctrl-R ("Run") then entering
"cmd", You ought to get a text window with a prompt looking something
like this:
C:\ %
or similar. (If in doubt, ask.)
Try entering the command
pip --version
and if you get an error like "pip not found" or similar, try this:
python36 -m ensurepip --default-pip
python36 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
after which you can then try:
pip install odswriter
I'll be honest: I don't use pip myself, every time I've tried I get
frustrated and end up installing things the old-fashioned manual way
which is theoretically "harder" but it works for me. And everyone else
swears by pip. (I just swear at it, especially the horrible colours it
likes to use.)
But if you get any errors, please don't hesitate to copy and paste them
here (DON'T take a screen shot) so we can read them and advise you.
There's a tutorial here with more detail:
https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/
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