Python pip installation easy_install not recognized

Question

i installed setuptools from here:

pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools

i go to my command line and enter easy_install but it says easy_install is not recognized,

anyone knows what is happening here? i got no error message when installing setuptools.

I am using windows,

any help would be appreciated

If it's on Windows you'll find some duplicates on SO http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3961047/easy-install-does-not-work-in-windows-7 — Bernhard Vallant, May 20 '13 at 18:19
Do you have `Python` scripts folders in your `PATH` environment variable ? — Ofiris, May 20 '13 at 18:25
in the python folder i have a scripts folder that contains easy_install.exe — ClaudioA, May 20 '13 at 19:06

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '14 at 10:44

You have to Add your scripts folder in your python installation folder to your PATH variable, for example if your python is installed in C:\Python27 you should do this :

Go to Control Panel
Go to Edit system environment variables
In the Advanced tab click on Environment Variables
find PATH variable and add ;C:\Python27\scripts to the end of it

Python pip installation easy_install not recognized

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