I'm having a lot of trouble installing xlrd 0.9.2 for python

download

The current version of xlrd can be found here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd

extract the folder somewhere

go to the folder you extracted to ... find setup.py

open command window (start -> run-> cmd)

cd into the directory with setup.py

type: python setup.py install

you may need setup tools (which can be gotten here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installation-instructions)

If windows this should work. Browser to "folder with python"\scripts Open cmd here (shift + right click and and it should be an option in the context menu.)

type inn: easy_install.exe xlrd
It should download and install if for you.

I don't think that it is really necessary for you to download the file from pypi because you have the following easy option:

$ pip install xlrd

As simple as that! You can install it using pip, easy_install, virtualenv or even install the module manually.

The method of downloading the file(s) and installing is called manual installation.

You can do that after you have unzipped the folder and then cd to the folder and do the following:

$ python setup.py install