ImportError: No module named pythoncom

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

pip3 install pypiwin32

$ pip3 install pypiwin32

Sometimes using pip3 also works if just pip is not working