Unable to install python-docx

Question

I need to create table in a Word document through Python 3.4. For that, I am trying to install python-docx in Windows. If I use pip install python-docx I am getting the following error:

vcvarsall.bat error

So I installed Visual Studio and then tried to install it and I am still getting the following :

error: Setup script exited with error: command '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2

Solution 1

This is a problem with the lxml install. If you install lxml separately, using a Windows binary package, then reinstall python-docx, this error should go away.

You can find a binary lxml package here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml

Solution 2

I had the same issue. I was not able to install the lxml wheel for 64 machine because python falsely identifies my computer as 32. Ultimately installed the 32 and then it installed python-docx successfully. FYI: I would have added this to comments but I don’t have the 50 required reputation to do so.

Comments

[nneonneo]

...any other error messages? Have you tried to find a prebuilt version for your OS?

[Ree]

No.. how is that ? Any other option to print the output in table format using python 3.4 ?

[jpmc26]

vcvarsall.bat is a Microsoft C++ compiler. The error means that setuptools can't find a compiler installed on your machine. Normally, I find a Windows binary and use this command, but without an existing Windows binary, you might have to build from source yourself.

[jpmc26]

Hang on. It looks like the native dependency might be lxml. If so, the error comes from installing lxml, not python-docx. What happens if you install lxml from here using the command I mentioned above before installing python-docx?

[Martijn Pieters]

Possible dupe of error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

[scanny]

Since this worked for you, please accept the answer and click the up-arrow to endorse it if it was a help :)

[Benjamin]

When trying to install either the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of the .whl files with pip in Windows 10 I get an error message saying that the .whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.