Python: Pandas pd.read_excel giving ImportError: Install xlrd >= 0.9.0 for Excel support
PythonExcelPython 2.7PandasPython Problem Overview
I am trying to read a .xlsx with pandas, but get the follwing error:
data = pd.read_excel(low_memory=False, io="DataAnalysis1/temp1.xlsx").fillna(value=0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/Vineeth/PycharmProjects/DataAnalysis1/try1.py", line 9, in <module>
data = pd.read_excel(low_memory=False, io="DataAnalysis1/temp1.xlsx").fillna(value=0)
File "/Users/Vineeth/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/util/_decorators.py", line 118, in wrapper
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Users/Vineeth/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/io/excel.py", line 230, in read_excel
io = ExcelFile(io, engine=engine)
File "/Users/Vineeth/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/io/excel.py", line 263, in __init__
raise ImportError(err_msg)
ImportError: Install xlrd >= 0.9.0 for Excel support
I've also tried
data = pd.read_excel("DataAnalysis1/temp1.xlsx", low_memory=False).fillna(value=0)
And I Still get the same error.
Background: I'm trying to extract an excel file with multiple worksheets as a dict of data frames.I installed xlrd version 0.9.0 and the latest version(1.1.0) but I still get the same error. Thanks!
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
As @COLDSPEED so eloquently pointed out the error explicitly tells you to install xlrd.
pip install xlrd
And you will be good to go.
Solution 2 - Python
Since December 2020 xlrd no longer supports xlsx-Files as explained in the official changelog. You can use openpyxl instead:
pip install openpyxl
And in your python-file:
import pandas as pd
pd.read_excel('path/to/file.xlsx', engine='openpyxl')
Solution 3 - Python
Either use:
pip install xlrd
And if you are using conda, use
conda install -c anaconda xlrd
That's it. good luck.
Solution 4 - Python
If you are in ubuntu this work for me:
python3 -m pip install openpyxl
python3 -m pip install xlrd
Solution 5 - Python
This happened to me after I ran a script with cProfile a la python3 -m cProfile script.py even though xlrd was already installed and had never thrown this error before. it persisted even under python3 script.py. (Granted, I agree this wasn't what happened to OP, given the obvious import error)
However, for cases like mine, the following fixed the issue, despite being told "requirement already met" in every case.
pip install --upgrade pandas
pip install --upgrade xlrd
Pretty confounding stuff; not sure if cProfile was the cause or just a coincidence
The following should work, assuming your pip install operated on python2.
python3 -m pip install xlrd
Solution 6 - Python
I was getting an error
> "ImportError: Install xlrd >= 1.0.0 for Excel support"
on Pycharm for below code
import pandas as pd
df2 = pd.read_excel("data.xlsx")
print(df2.head(3))
print(df2.tail(3))
Solution : pip install xlrd
It resolved error after using this.
Also no need to use "import xlrd"
Solution 7 - Python
This works for me: For Python 3
> pip3 install xlrd --user
For Python2
> pip install xlrd --user
Solution 8 - Python
I don't know if this will be helpful for someone, but I had the same problem.
I wrote pip install xlrd in the anaconda prompt while in the specific environment and it said it was installed, but when I looked at the installed packages it wasn't there.
What solved the problem was "moving" (I don't know the terminology for it) into the Scripts folder of the specific environment and do the pip install xlrd there.
Hope this is useful for someone :D
Solution 9 - Python
Was getting the error while I was using jupyter.
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'xlrd'
...
ImportError: Install xlrd >= 0.9.0 for Excel support
it was resolved for me after using.
!pip install xlrd
Solution 10 - Python
I encountered same problem and took 2 hours to figure it out.
- pip install xlrd (latest)
- pip install pandas (latest)
- Go to C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages and check for xlrd folder (if there are 2 of them) delete the old version
- open a new terminal and use pandas to read excel. It should work.
Solution 11 - Python
I had the same problem and none of the above answers worked. If you go into the settings (CTRL + ALT + s) and search for project interpreter you will see all of the installed packages. Click the + button at the top right and search for xlrd, then click install package at the bottom left.
I had already done the "pip install xlrd" command from the file location of my python.exe before this, so you may need to do that as well. (you can find the file location by searching it in windows search bar and right click -> open file location, then type cmd into the file explorer address bar)
Solution 12 - Python
This can be because your required libraries are been installed in Python environment instead of Spyder.
https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/wiki/Working-with-packages-and-environments-in-Spyder
Solution 13 - Python
I had the same problem. Actually, the problem is that even after installing packages/libraries using pip these packages are not integrated with IDE. So, need to add libraries specifically to the ide.
Solution 14 - Python
First of all you need to install xlrd & pandas packages. Then try below code.
import xlrd
import pandas as pd
xl = pd.ExcelFile("fileName.xlsx")
print(xl.parse(xl.sheet_names[0]))
Solution 15 - Python
You need to install the "xlrd" lib
For Linux (Ubuntu and Derivates):
Installing via pip: python -m pip install --user xlrd
Install system-wide via a Linux package manager: *sudo apt-get install python-xlrd
Windows:
Installing via pip: *pip install xlrd
Download the files: https://pypi.org/project/xlrd/
Solution 16 - Python
Another possibility, is the machine has an older version of xlrd installed separately, and it's not in the "..:\Python27\Scripts.." folder.
In another word, there are 2 different versions of xlrd in the machine.
when you check the version below, it reads the one not in the "..:\Python27\Scripts.." folder, no matter how updated you done with pip.
print xlrd.__version__
Delete the whole redundant sub-folder, and it works. (in addition to xlrd, I had another library encountered the same)
Solution 17 - Python
I encountered a similar issue trying to use xlrd in jupyter notebook. I notice you are using a virtual environment and that was the key to my issue as well. I had xlrd installed in my venv, but I had not properly installed a kernel for that virtual environment in my notebook.
To get it to work, I created my virtual environment and activated it.
Then... pip install ipykernel
And then... ipython kernel install --user --name=myproject
Finally, start jupyter notebooks and when you create a new notebook, select the name you created (in this example, 'myproject')
Hope that helps.
Solution 18 - Python
Please make sure your python or python3 can see xlrd installation. I had a situation where python3.5 and python3.7 were installed in two different locations. While xlrd was installed with python3.5, I was using python3 (from python3.7 dir) to run my script and got the same error reported above. When I used the correct python (viz. python3.5 dir) to run my script, I was able to read the excel spread sheet without a problem.