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I'm pretty new to the community, and new to python. I know the basics. But now I'm trying to download third party modules via pip but everything I do regarding pip displays an error. I know that pip comes with python seeing as the pip file is there.

photo of pip in python file

I am running python 3.6 and windows 10. I have downloaded pip off the internet also but when I try to run the program it says already downloaded. The first time I ran it it said that it was downloading and successfully downloaded so I'm kind of lost.

photo of pip download code and what it said when ran

Thanks!

B. Joslin
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  • What happens when you type pip on the command line? And what do you see when you type: echo %path%. Also, I'd recommend you try downloading anaconda. It's likely to be easier for you to get started with. – Greg Jennings Jan 17 '17 at 17:55
  • sounds like it's already properly installed... pip is a program called from a system terminal not from a python terminal. open up a command prompt and type `pip -h` see what happpens – Aaron Jan 17 '17 at 17:55
  • when I type pip -h it says access denied. Also, thank you for getting back to me so quickly! – B. Joslin Jan 17 '17 at 18:15
  • can you post full error text? – Aaron Jan 17 '17 at 18:20
  • the full error text on command prompt? all it says on Command Prompt is Access Denied. on idle pip -h just produces pip not defined – B. Joslin Jan 17 '17 at 18:38
  • a box pops up and it says this app cant run on your pc – B. Joslin Jan 17 '17 at 18:47

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Sounds like it's already properly installed. pip is a program called from a system terminal, not from a Python prompt. Open up a command prompt and type pip -h see what happens. If this does not print out the help page on how to use pip, and instead you get an error to the effect of:

"pip" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

You then need to point Windows where to find the program (pip.exe) by adding your Python scripts folder C:\...\Python36-32\Scripts\ to your environment PATH variable. To do this, open the Start menu and search for "environment variables". Open the dialogue and find one named PATH (case doesn't matter). If it doesn't exist, create it. Edit the value and add the file path to the scripts folder to the end using ; as a separator.

As per your comment, if you are getting an access denied windows error this answer from another question may help you.

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You need need to be sure either your powershell is being run as administrator, or by creating a virtual environment.

The Installing Packages docs have a great overview, and instructions. https://packaging.python.org/installing/#use-pip-for-installing

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