Convert xls into JSON
npm install xls
require('xls').parse('file.xls', function(err, data) {
// xls file parsed into data
});
xlhtml on linux
sudo apt-get install xlhtml
xhtml[http://chicago.sourceforge.net/xlhtml/] on OSX
tar xzvf xlhtml-0.5.tgz
cd xlhtml-0.5
configure
make
make install
If that does not work try
tar xzvf xlhtml-0.5.tgz
cd xlhtml-0.5
aclocal; autoconf; automake --add-missing
make
make install