Installing PyExcelerator to write Excel files from Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

tkpmep at hotmail.com wrote:

> I downloaded PyExcelerator.zip as I need to write some data into Excel
> files, and tried unsuccessfully to install it. I unzipped the files
> into C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator, and in a python
> command line window typed
>
> >>>os.chdir("C:/Python24/Lib/site-packages/PyExcelerator")
>
> followed by
>
> >>>python ./setup.py install
>
> exactly as stated in README.txt. However all I get is a SyntaxError.
>
> I then tried various combinations  - with and without enclosing quotes,
> with and without ./, and in all cases I get a SyntaxError. Has anyone
> installed this program successfully? If so, what's the magic ingredient
> for a successful install?

use a windows *command interpreter* window, instead of typing windows
commands into a Python interpreter.

(if you cannot find it in your start menu, select "run..." and run the "cmd"
command).

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