ImportError: No module named pythoncom

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I am a newbie (just 1 week) to this Python world. I tried installing django-mssql, but when I tried to import the library (using import sqlserver_ado.dbapi), I got this error message:

ImportError: No module named pythoncom

I tried to look for that library without success.

Can you guys point me in the right direction?

If you're on a Mac or Linux OS, use 'django-pyodbc' because django-mssql doesn't work — Will, Dec 01 '14 at 19:52

kichik · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-03T16:06:09.560

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You are missing the pythoncom package. It comes with ActivePython but you can get it separately on GitHub (previously on SourceForge) as part of pywin32.

You can also simply use:

pip install pywin32

edited Jul 03 '19 at 16:06

answered Nov 10 '10 at 13:54

kichik

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Let me try the ActivePython installation and will keep you posted, thnx – Quaspam Nov 10 '10 at 14:39
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Installing ActivePython solved the hassle of installing other packages, it came with pretty much everything. Thnx once again – Quaspam Nov 12 '10 at 07:01
I think I just download Pywin32 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/. It works with the official Python distribution – swdev Apr 15 '14 at 01:08
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I'm having this error on OSX Mavericks. But I can't seem to be able to install pythoncom on mavericks. What should I do? – AllTradesJack Nov 03 '14 at 18:21
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That package is for Windows only. It uses Windows API and cannot be used on Mac. – kichik Nov 03 '14 at 18:22

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 21 '14 at 10:39

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If you're on windows you probably want the pywin32 library, which includes pythoncom and a whole lot of other stuff that is pretty standard.

edited Nov 21 '14 at 10:39

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answered Nov 10 '10 at 14:59

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And since installing pywin32 can give you headaches, try `pip install pypiwin32` – Pithikos Mar 26 '15 at 12:19

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '10 at 14:24

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You should be using pip to install packages, since it gives you uninstall capabilities.

Also, look into virtualenv. It works well with pip and gives you a sandbox so you can explore new stuff without accidentally hosing your system-wide install.

answered Nov 10 '10 at 14:24

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 13 '20 at 14:13

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$ pip3 install pypiwin32

Sometimes using pip3 also works if just pip by itself is not working.

edited Dec 13 '20 at 14:13

answered May 22 '20 at 12:02

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 09 '21 at 15:51

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Just go to cmd and install pip install pywin32 pythoncom is part of pywin32 for API window extension....

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answered Jun 01 '20 at 13:41

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