Installation

The Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET package comes with the .NET libraries it needs, so a separate .NET installation is not required. However, depending on your platform, you may have to install specific dependencies for .NET and meet certain requirements.

Windows

System Requirements

Check and confirm that your machine’s specifications meet or better the system requirements.

Install Aspose.Slides

pip is the easiest way to download and install Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET on Windows devices.

To install Aspose.Slides, run this command: pip install aspose.slides

Use Aspose.Slides

Test your Aspose.Slides installation by running this code to create a PowerPoint presentation:

# Imports Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET module
import aspose.slides as slides

# Instantiates a Presentation object that represents a presentation file
with slides.Presentation() as presentation:
    slide = presentation.slides[0]
    slide.shapes.add_auto_shape(slides.ShapeType.LINE, 50, 150, 300, 0)
    presentation.save("NewPresentation.pptx", slides.export.SaveFormat.PPTX)

macOS

System Requirements

Check and confirm that your machine’s specifications meet or better the system requirements.

Prerequisites

Python with shared libraries

There are different ways to install Python in macOS, but we strongly recommend you use the pyenv tool.

After you install and configure pyenv, you have to install python with shared libraries by running these commands in the Terminal app:

  1. Install Python: env PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install --verbose 3.9.13
  2. Configure it as a global Python installation: pyenv global 3.9.13
  3. Configure it as a shell Python installation: pyenv shell 3.9.13
  4. Create a symbolic link for the libpython library in a system library directory: ln -s /Users/<username>/.pyenv/versions/3.9.13/lib/libpython3.9.dylib /usr/local/lib/libpython3.9.dylib

Note: Python 3.5 and above is required. Python version 3.9.13 was simply used as an example.

Install the libgdiplus library

The libgdiplus library is a Windows GDI+ implementation for macOS and Linux that .NET uses on those platforms. To install this library, run this command: brew install mono-libgdiplus

Install Aspose.Slides

pip is the easiest way to download and install Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET on macOS devices. To install Aspose.Slides, run this command: pip install aspose.slides

Use Aspose.Slides

Test your Aspose.Slides installation by running this code to create a PowerPoint presentation:

# Imports Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET module
import aspose.slides as slides

# Instantiates a Presentation object that represents a presentation file
with slides.Presentation() as presentation:    
    slide = presentation.slides[0]
    slide.shapes.add_auto_shape(slides.ShapeType.LINE, 50, 150, 300, 0)
    presentation.save("NewPresentation.pptx", slides.export.SaveFormat.PPTX)
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