Install module with pip command in Python

Question

I try to install BeautifulSoup library for HTML parsing. I try to use the pip command. I have completed the preliminaries. I add C:\Python27; in the PATH. I ran it typing python and import pip. It's all ok.I type

>>>pip install beautifulsoup4
      File "<stdin>", line 1
        pip install beautifulsoup4
                  ^
>>>python -m pip install beautifulsoup4
      File "<stdin>", line 1
        python -m pip install beautifulsoup4
                    ^

What step do I miss? I cannot figure out. The site of the library.

`pip` is a package manager, so you install the package with it, not use it as an import. — l'L'l, Apr 08 '17 at 18:25
This very same question been asked three times already this morning... — Taku, Apr 08 '17 at 18:25
Try running the command from your `terminal`, not your `Python IDLE` — mondieki, Apr 08 '17 at 18:32

ChrisGPT was on strike · Answer 1 · 2017-04-08T18:28:37.727

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pip should be executed from your OS shell, not from a Python shell. E.g.

C:\>python -m pip install beautifulsoup4

or

you@machine$ python -m pip install beautifulsoup4

You may also be able to just run pip directly instead of python -m pip.

edited Apr 08 '17 at 18:28

answered Apr 08 '17 at 18:25

ChrisGPT was on strike

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@abccd, sorry, I don't understand your comment. – ChrisGPT was on strike Apr 08 '17 at 18:29
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Your first example should be `C:\>py -3 -m pip install beautifulsoup4` since `python` isn't a default command in Windows. – Taku Apr 08 '17 at 18:31
@abccd, are you saying that there's a `py` binary installed by default on Windows? I don't think so, but I haven't used Windows in quite some time. In any case, the question specifies that the OP added the Python directory to `%PATH%` and was able to run Python with `python`. – ChrisGPT was on strike Apr 08 '17 at 18:34
Well, it's all good since that dir is added to %PATH%. If it's not, `py` is the valid command while `python` does not exist – Taku Apr 08 '17 at 18:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '17 at 18:26

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pip is it's own command, not run from the python interpreter.

answered Apr 08 '17 at 18:26

A Hettinger

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '17 at 18:50

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Ela re Θανάση it's easy :
cd C:\Python27\Scripts
pip install beautifulsoup4

answered Apr 08 '17 at 18:50

t.m.adam

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