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docx/lxml
Hello,
I'm trying to use the docx package to generate documents containing some text and tables. I don't want to install any module since I just want my coworkers to copy adirectory and run a script, without installing tons of softwares (Just python2.7 which is already installed). First, I downloaded docx package, copied the docx directory I found. Then, I added its path (sys.path.append()) But it complained it missed a lxml package. Ok, I downloaded it, copied thelxml directory. This time, it wanted a etree.py file. I search and found it is generated during installation... But I don't want to install it ! I searched again, andfound that anyway, even if I install it to get this file, it will need other libraries... At this point, I already lost too much time, so I quit. It's way too much work for what I have to do. [My questions :] - Do you know any *easy to use*, *easy to deploy* package to generate ".doclike" documents ? - Do you have any suggestion to do it differently (maybe with native packages ?) - As a python newby, I don't understand why you have to go through the painof installing packages since they should be able to work with just the __init__.py files ? Regards, Cyrille |
Re: docx/lxml
On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:36 AM, cyrille.leroux@gmail.com wrote: > - Do you know any *easy to use*, *easy to deploy* package to generate ".doc like" documents ? > - Do you have any suggestion to do it differently (maybe with native packages ?) > > - As a python newby, I don't understand why you have to go through the pain of installing packages since they should be able to work with just the __init__.py files ? > > Regards, > > Cyrille Hi, May I suggest you use pip and, possibly, virtualenv? pip makes it easy to install Python packages while virtualenv creates an isolated Python environment For instance, I just installed docx and its dependencies with: pip install docx lxml datutils PIL And I did that inside a testing virtualenv, so I wouldn't mess up my Python setup. pip and virtualenv make it really easy and painless to install Python packages. Cheers, Pedro ----- http://pedrokroger.net http://musicforgeeksandnerds.com |
Re: docx/lxml
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:00:25 PM UTC+2, Pedro Kroger wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Cyrille Leroux wrote: > > > > > - Do you know any *easy to use*, *easy to deploy* package to generate ".doc like" documents ? > > > - Do you have any suggestion to do it differently (maybe with native packages ?) > > > > > > - As a python newby, I don't understand why you have to go through the pain of installing packages since they should be able to work with just the __init__.py files ? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Cyrille > > > > Hi, > > > > May I suggest you use pip and, possibly, virtualenv? > > pip makes it easy to install Python packages while virtualenv creates an isolated Python environment > > > > For instance, I just installed docx and its dependencies with: > > > > pip install docx lxml datutils PIL > > > > And I did that inside a testing virtualenv, so I wouldn't mess up my Python setup. > > > > pip and virtualenv make it really easy and painless to install Python packages. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pedro > > ----- > > http://pedrokroger.net > > http://musicforgeeksandnerds.com Thank you for your quick reply Pedro. I'm giving pip a try : 1/ Linux (debian lenny) - (as root) sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg (ok) - (as root) cd pip-1.1 ; python setup.py install (ok) - pip : ImportError : No module named pkg_resources - damn, I guess it's going to be a pain, again - ... then I remember that anyway, I cannot access internet from my session - end of story for linux 2/ Back on Windows (7) - setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe (ok) - (cmd) easy_install.exe pip : AttributeError : 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' Well, I think I'm starting to feel less and less enthusiastic about python... I didn't suspect it would be so difficult to write a basic doc file :) |
Re: docx/lxml
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:00:25 PM UTC+2, Pedro Kroger wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Cyrille Leroux wrote: > > > > > - Do you know any *easy to use*, *easy to deploy* package to generate ".doc like" documents ? > > > - Do you have any suggestion to do it differently (maybe with native packages ?) > > > > > > - As a python newby, I don't understand why you have to go through the pain of installing packages since they should be able to work with just the __init__.py files ? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Cyrille > > > > Hi, > > > > May I suggest you use pip and, possibly, virtualenv? > > pip makes it easy to install Python packages while virtualenv creates an isolated Python environment > > > > For instance, I just installed docx and its dependencies with: > > > > pip install docx lxml datutils PIL > > > > And I did that inside a testing virtualenv, so I wouldn't mess up my Python setup. > > > > pip and virtualenv make it really easy and painless to install Python packages. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pedro > > ----- > > http://pedrokroger.net > > http://musicforgeeksandnerds.com Thank you for your quick reply Pedro. I'm giving pip a try : 1/ Linux (debian lenny) - (as root) sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg (ok) - (as root) cd pip-1.1 ; python setup.py install (ok) - pip : ImportError : No module named pkg_resources - damn, I guess it's going to be a pain, again - ... then I remember that anyway, I cannot access internet from my session - end of story for linux 2/ Back on Windows (7) - setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe (ok) - (cmd) easy_install.exe pip : AttributeError : 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' Well, I think I'm starting to feel less and less enthusiastic about python... I didn't suspect it would be so difficult to write a basic doc file :) |
Re: docx/lxml
Cyrille Leroux, 31.07.2012 17:01:
> I'm giving pip a try : > > > 1/ Linux (debian lenny) > - (as root) sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg (ok) > - (as root) cd pip-1.1 ; python setup.py install (ok) > - pip : ImportError : No module named pkg_resources > - damn, I guess it's going to be a pain, again > - ... then I remember that anyway, I cannot access internet from my session > - end of story for linux > > > 2/ Back on Windows (7) > > - setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe (ok) > - (cmd) easy_install.exe pip : AttributeError : 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' > > Well, I think I'm starting to feel less and less enthusiastic about python... I didn't suspect it would be so difficult to write a basic doc file :) "pip" goes with "distribute", not "setuptools". http://packages.python.org/distribute/ Stefan |
Re: docx/lxml
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:13:12 PM UTC+2, Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Cyrille Leroux, 31.07.2012 17:01: > > > I'm giving pip a try : > > > > > > > > > 1/ Linux (debian lenny) > > > - (as root) sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg (ok) > > > - (as root) cd pip-1.1 ; python setup.py install (ok) > > > - pip : ImportError : No module named pkg_resources > > > - damn, I guess it's going to be a pain, again > > > - ... then I remember that anyway, I cannot access internet from my session > > > - end of story for linux > > > > > > > > > 2/ Back on Windows (7) > > > > > > - setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe (ok) > > > - (cmd) easy_install.exe pip : AttributeError : 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' > > > > > > Well, I think I'm starting to feel less and less enthusiastic about python... I didn't suspect it would be so difficult to write a basic doc file :) > > > > "pip" goes with "distribute", not "setuptools". > > > > http://packages.python.org/distribute/ > > > > Stefan Ok, I will try it next time then, thank you. In the end, I found a way around. I generated an html file, then, converted it to a doc file. |
Re: docx/lxml
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:13:12 PM UTC+2, Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Cyrille Leroux, 31.07.2012 17:01: > > > I'm giving pip a try : > > > > > > > > > 1/ Linux (debian lenny) > > > - (as root) sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg (ok) > > > - (as root) cd pip-1.1 ; python setup.py install (ok) > > > - pip : ImportError : No module named pkg_resources > > > - damn, I guess it's going to be a pain, again > > > - ... then I remember that anyway, I cannot access internet from my session > > > - end of story for linux > > > > > > > > > 2/ Back on Windows (7) > > > > > > - setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe (ok) > > > - (cmd) easy_install.exe pip : AttributeError : 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' > > > > > > Well, I think I'm starting to feel less and less enthusiastic about python... I didn't suspect it would be so difficult to write a basic doc file :) > > > > "pip" goes with "distribute", not "setuptools". > > > > http://packages.python.org/distribute/ > > > > Stefan Ok, I will try it next time then, thank you. In the end, I found a way around. I generated an html file, then, converted it to a doc file. |
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