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Google Earth KML: best module? (simplekml installation issues)
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I'm trying to edit and create Google Earth KML (keyhole markup language, based on XML); on Windows with iPython I usually use simplekml, however I'm having a tough time trying to install this, as the tar.gz doesn't want to open when using
downloadista.pypi("simplekml", "1.2.8")
.Any suggestions for using Pythonista with KML files would be greatly appreciated
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The simplekml package is distributed as a Zip file (not tar.gz), maybe pypista can't handle that?
Anyway, you could try this simple installer script:
import urllib import zipfile import os import shutil urllib.urlretrieve('https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/simplekml/simplekml-1.2.8.zip', 'simplekml.zip') with zipfile.ZipFile('simplekml.zip') as z: z.extractall() shutil.copytree('simplekml-1.2.8/simplekml', os.path.expanduser('~/Documents/site-packages/simplekml')) shutil.rmtree('simplekml-1.2.8')
The module seems to work, but I haven't tested it extensively.
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I forgot to report back; the script does work, but there are a few issues with simplekml (mainly because or recursion limit and it doesn't like the unwieldy default directory length, I'm told, though these are iOS limitations, not Pythonista😉)
Thanks for the input, much appreciated