System Requirements

Aspose.Words for Python via .NET does not require any third party product such as Microsoft Word to be installed. Aspose.Words itself is an engine for creating, modifying, converting, and rendering of documents in various formats, including Microsoft Word document formats.

Supported Operating Systems

Aspose.Words for Python via .NET supports any 64-bit or 32-bit operating system where Python 3.5 or later is installed.

Operating System Versions
Microsoft Windows
  • Windows 2003 Server (x64, x86)
  • Windows 2008 Server (x64, x86)
  • Windows 2012 Server (x64, x86)
  • Windows 2012 R2 Server (x64, x86)
  • Windows 2016 Server (x64, x86)
  • Windows 2019 Server (x64, x86)
  • Windows XP (x64, x86)
  • Windows Vista (x64, x86)
  • Windows 7 (x64, x86)
  • Windows 8, 8.1 (x64, x86)
  • Windows 10 (x64, x86)
macOS
  • macOS-x86_64: 10.14 or later
  • macOS-arm64: 11.0 or later
Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • OpenSUSE
  • CentOS
  • and others

System Requirements for Target Linux and macOS Platforms

  • GCC-6 runtime libraries (or later).

  • Dependencies of .NET Core Runtime. Installing .NET Core Runtime itself is NOT required.

  • For Python 3.5-3.7: The pymalloc build of Python is needed. The --with-pymalloc Python build option is enabled by default. Typically, the pymalloc build of Python is marked with m suffix in the filename.

  • libpython shared Python library. The --enable-shared Python build option is disabled by default, some Python distributions do not contain the libpython shared library. For some linux platforms, the libpython shared library can be installed using the package manager, for example: sudo apt-get install libpython3.7. The common issue is that libpython library is installed in a different location than the standard system location for shared libraries. The issue can be fixed by using the Python build options to set alternate library paths when compiling Python, or fixed by creating a symbolic link to the libpython library file in the system standard location for shared libraries. Typically, the libpython shared library file name is libpythonX.Ym.so.1.0 for Python 3.5-3.7, or libpythonX.Y.so.1.0 for Python 3.8 or later (for example: libpython3.7m.so.1.0, libpython3.9.so.1.0).

Supported Linux configurations are presented in Aspose.Words-for-Python-via-.NET/Dockerfile.

Installation