xlrd.biffh.XLRDError: Excel xlsx file; not supported

As noted in the release email, linked to from the release tweet and noted in large orange warning that appears on the front page of the documentation, and less orange, but still present, in the readme on the repository and the release on pypi: xlrd has explicitly removed support for anything other than xls files. In your case, the solution is to: … Read more

How to install xlrd in python3 library

I reckon the easiest/cleanest solution would be to use a tool that isolates your python environment, such as virtualenv Once installed, create a virtual env by specifying which version of python you want to use: $> virtualenv -p python3 env Note: puttin python3 directly works only for mac, with linux, you must specify the absolute path or your … Read more