20 Responses to Installation

1. Jessi Luevand says:

   April 2, 2011 at 1:12 pm

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2. Don says:

   September 9, 2011 at 11:10 pm

   I got the following error when I install from source code on Mac

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   macbook:$ python3.2 -marelle.CntlrWinMain
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/runpy.py”, line 160, in _run_module_as_main
   “__main__”, fname, loader, pkg_name)
   File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/runpy.py”, line 73, in _run_code
   exec(code, run_globals)
   File “/Users/Downloads/Arelle/arelle/CntlrWinMain.py”, line 17, in
   from arelle import XbrlConst
   File “arelle/XbrlConst.py”, line 1, in
   from arelle.ModelValue import qname
   File “arelle/ModelValue.py”, line 124, in
   from arelle.ModelObject import ModelObject
   File “arelle/ModelObject.py”, line 8, in
   from lxml import etree
   ImportError: No module named lxml
   macbook:Arelle $ python3.2 -marelle.CntlrWinMain
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/runpy.py”, line 160, in _run_module_as_main
   “__main__”, fname, loader, pkg_name)
   File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/runpy.py”, line 73, in _run_code
   exec(code, run_globals)
   File “/Users/Downloads/Arelle/arelle/CntlrWinMain.py”, line 17, in
   from arelle import XbrlConst
   File “arelle/XbrlConst.py”, line 1, in
   from arelle.ModelValue import qname
   File “arelle/ModelValue.py”, line 124, in
   from arelle.ModelObject import ModelObject
   File “arelle/ModelObject.py”, line 8, in
   from lxml import etree
   ImportError: No module named lxml
   macbook$

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   • admin says:

     October 10, 2011 at 2:51 pm

     Yes, the lxml module needs to be installed to work from source (on any platform).

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     • Don says:

       October 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm

       Thanks for your help. I successfully installed lxml on osx 10.6.8 with python3.2 using pypm install lxml. The instruction is here http://code.activestate.com/pypm/lxml/

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3. adit says:

   August 19, 2013 at 8:34 am

   what about linux?

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   • admin says:

     August 19, 2013 at 1:48 pm

     Added section on Linux

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4. Dennis says:

   November 18, 2013 at 8:23 am

   Is there (or will there be) a command line switch for unattended installation on Windows systems?

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   • admin says:

     March 10, 2014 at 10:51 pm

     We have had no requests for this. Please contact support@arelle.org to better explain the use case.

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5. Christopher says:

   May 6, 2014 at 7:51 am

   Ubuntu raring is now using python 3.3. To install python3.2, one must use a PPA:
   
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.2 python3.2-tk

   Unfortunately python3.2-lxml is not available in that PPA, and one must compile it from source.

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   • Christopher says:

     May 19, 2014 at 8:11 pm

     It looks like you can install lxml with the command:
     
sudo easy_install lxml


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     • Jeremy says:

       September 16, 2016 at 8:27 am

       How would you do this on Ubuntu command line without downloading and compiling it from github?

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6. Adil says:

   May 13, 2014 at 1:02 am

   hello ..
   i am using ubuntu 14.04 for install arelle …
   i am using arelle for ubuntu
   but i have problem when i execute ./arelle on arelle folder
   he always refers to pyhton3.3 on error, i read arelle just using python3.2.. can u help me
   here is my phyton and error :
   There are 3 choices for the alternative python (providing /usr/bin/python).

   Selection Path Priority Status
   ————————————————————
   0 /usr/bin/python2.7 10 auto mode
   1 /usr/bin/python2.7 10 manual mode
   *2 /usr/bin/python3.2 10 manual mode
   3 /usr/bin/python3.4 1 manual mode

   Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 1
   update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/python2.7 to provide /usr/bin/python (python) in manual mode
   adilramdan@Monkey-D-Luffy:~/Tools/Arelle$ ./arelle
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console3.py”, line 27, in
   File “arelleGUI.pyw”, line 9, in
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1616, in _handle_fromlist
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 313, in _call_with_frames_removed
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1567, in _find_and_load
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
   File “/home/arelle/src/arelle/CntlrWinMain.py”, line 11, in
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1567, in _find_and_load
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/tkinter/__init__.py”, line 40, in
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1567, in _find_and_load
   File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py”, line 1531, in _find_and_load_unlocked
   ImportError: No module named ‘_tkinter’

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   • admin says:

     May 14, 2014 at 4:46 am

     Hi Adil,

     I suggest you start with 3.4, we’ve just updated the sources for 3.4 (need to freshen your copy).

     There are other Python modules that you’ll need for Arelle, you can see in setup.py what modules are used to make a “build”, my suggestion is to start with the installation source you are using for setuptools, lxml, tkinter, regex, and isolate. If you use the xbrlDB database plugin then also pg8000, pymysql, rdflib.

     If not using GUI mode (just agrelleCmdLine) then I maybe you can get by without tinter.

     If any more questions please e-mail support@arelle.org.

     Thanks!

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7. murali says:

   February 17, 2015 at 4:10 am

   i got folowing error any one help me.
   (my33project) [root@dinesh-kumar arelle-redhat-x86_64-2014-12-31]# ./arelle Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/cx_Freeze-4.3.2-py3.3-linux-x86_64.egg/cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console3.py”, line 27, in File “arelleGUI.pyw”, line 11, in File “/media/psf/Home/Documents/mvsl/projects/arelle/arelleproject/src/arelle/CntlrWinMain.py”, line 1377, in main File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/tkinter/__init__.py”, line 1807, in __init__ self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) _tkinter.TclError: Can’t find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/arelle-redhat-x86_64-2014-12-31/tcl /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/arelle-redhat-x86_64-2014-12-31/tcl8.6 /usr/local/lib/tcl8.6 /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/lib/tcl8.6 /home/sdhineshkumar/lib/tcl8.6 /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/library /home/sdhineshkumar/library /home/sdhineshkumar/tcl8.6.1/library /home/tcl8.6.1/library

   This probably means that Tcl wasn’t installed properly.

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8. murali says:

   February 17, 2015 at 4:38 am

   (my33project) [root@dinesh-kumar arelle-redhat-x86_64-2014-12-31]# ./arelle Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/site-packages/cx_Freeze-4.3.2-py3.3-linux-x86_64.egg/cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console3.py”, line 27, in File “arelleGUI.pyw”, line 11, in File “/media/psf/Home/Documents/mvsl/projects/arelle/arelleproject/src/arelle/CntlrWinMain.py”, line 1377, in main File “/usr/local/lib/python3.3/tkinter/__init__.py”, line 1807, in __init__ self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) _tkinter.TclError: Can’t find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/arelle-redhat-x86_64-2014-12-31/tcl /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/arelle-redhat-x86_64-2014-12-31/tcl8.6 /usr/local/lib/tcl8.6 /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/lib/tcl8.6 /home/sdhineshkumar/lib/tcl8.6 /home/sdhineshkumar/Softwares/library /home/sdhineshkumar/library /home/sdhineshkumar/tcl8.6.1/library /home/tcl8.6.1/library

   This probably means that Tcl wasn’t installed properly.

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9. Steve says:

   March 6, 2015 at 4:39 am

   I’ve email support a coupl eof times and not had any reply, so posting here for some advice.

   I’ve loaded Arelle onto my work PC but get the following error when trying to load a file:

   [webCache:retrievalError]
   retrieving http://eiopa.europa.eu/eu/xbrl/s2md/fws/solvency/solvency2/2014-07-23/mod/ars.xsd
   [FileNotLoadable] File can not be loaded: http://eiopa.europa.eu/eu/xbrl/s2md/fws/solvency/solvency2/2014-07-23/mod/ars.xsd – report.xbrl 6
   [xbrl:schemaImportMissing] Instance facts missing schema definition: eu_find:fIndicators, s2md_met:bi623, loaded in 15.07 secs
   no relationships for http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/parent-child
   no relationships for Presentation
   no relationships for Calculation
   no relationships for Dimension
   views 0.08 secs

   I’ve set-up proxy authentication rules to allow access to the required sites.

   Could you please provide any support on this?

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10. Granger says:

    May 29, 2015 at 12:25 am

    I have troubleshooting with arelle
    it used to work fine last year with eiopa v1.2.1 taxonomy

    I upgraded Arelle’s version and tried to load v1.5.2b taxonomy, both from server or from local but it won’t give the correct rendering.

    Worse I was unable to load v1.2.1 and downgrading to previous version I was still unable to load nor the v1.5.2b nor the 1.2.1…

    Must I complete a full uninstallation first perhaps or are there some known issues about the subject ?

    Regards
    Adrien

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    • admin says:

      January 29, 2016 at 11:43 pm

      I’m not sure if older versions of the taxonomy will still work. We are currently supporting the 2.0.1 (and prior 2 versions).

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11. Franklin says:

    September 4, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    This is a note for anyone having trouble using Ubuntu 15.xx. untar the files and cd to the folder and try to run ./arelle, if it fails with first try to install python-tk:
    sudo apt-get install python3-tk

    still no luck? Linux 15.xx is using python3.5 and you may need to install 3.4 which is not in the repositories so you will need to add a repository. I suggest snakehead:
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install python3.4
    sudo apt install python3.4-tk

    still no luck and getting warnings about libBLT.2.4.so.8.6? I got lazy here and assumed 2.5 had the features of 2.4 so I just:
    sudo cp /usr/lib/libBLT.2.5.so.8.6 /usr/lib/libBLT.2.4.so.8.6

    If you still don’t have luck you may need to the .so files to /usr/lib so execute:
    sudo cp -v *.so /usr/lib/

    Worked for me though I haven’t run many of the scripts yet so I don’t know if it works for everything. May need to get a version of libBLT.2.4.so.8.6

    I imagine when arelle goes to python 3.5 it will update; or maybe they could update the code to stop referring to 3.4 and just refer to python3 but I imagine that would be a lot of copy/paste for them.

    Best of luck,

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12. Franklin says:

    September 4, 2016 at 3:49 pm

    edit to my previous comment, after installing python3-tk try starting with the copy lines. It appears python3.5 is mirroring into 3.4 so you may not need to install 3.4 (I have removed it from my system and arelle works without it).

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