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adamcircle
adamcircle

Reputation: 724

Error when importing python-docx?

When I do import docx with the python-docx module, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Userpath/script.py", line 19, in <module>
    import docx
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/docx/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from docx.api import Document  # noqa
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/docx/api.py", line 14, in <module>
    from docx.package import Package
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/docx/package.py", line 11, in <module>
    from docx.opc.package import OpcPackage
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/docx/opc/package.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .part import PartFactory
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/docx/opc/part.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .oxml import serialize_part_xml
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/docx/opc/oxml.py", line 12, in <module>
    from lxml import etree
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/lxml/etree.so, 2): Library not loaded: libxslt.1.dylib
  Referenced from: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/lxml/etree.so
  Reason: unsafe use of relative rpath libxslt.1.dylib in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/lxml/etree.so with restricted binary

Any idea what's going on here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 928

Answers (1)

scanny
scanny

Reputation: 28883

This is a problem with your lxml installation.

I expect you get the same answer in Python when you type in the line:

>>> from lxml import etree

Which means it's not related to python-docx, it's just trying to load a package that's not (or not properly) installed.

Best bet is to search on 'windows install lxml' and learn what you can, but the quick fix might be to uninstall whatever lxml you have and reinstall it from scratch using a binary distribution from here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml

Upvotes: 2

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