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While trying to install Python (version 2.7.14) on my laptop (Windows 10) today I ran into some issues.

See below an image of the command prompt: https://i.gyazo.com/83c487ac3cf569006e4121d95fc1dd1f.png

After having tried to fix this myself for a while now I found out that the pip is indeed present, namely in a subfile of python27 (/Tools/Scripts), but is not recognized by cmd. How do I make sure pip is recognized?

For some additional info: -the command prompt is ran as an admin -this is not the default location for python to install (which is C: I think), instead I installed it in the program files, as was advised by my University. -I feel like I might know the step of the installation which I did incorrectly, as the Scripts folder is mentioned specifically here. I simply did what the image below suggested. https://i.gyazo.com/a58d4f209b9d56f458d366355f2344ff.png

Any help would be greatly appreciated, have a good day!

Floriancitt
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  • Does this answer your question? ['pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23708898/pip-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command) – Ani Menon May 18 '20 at 07:38

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Just add the (/Tools/Scripts) to the PATH variable.

For Windows 10/8/7:

  1. Open System Properties (Right click Computer in the start menu)
  2. Click Advanced system settingsin the sidebar.
  3. Click Environment Variables...
  4. Select PATH in the System variables section
  5. Click Edit Add Python's path to the end of the list (the paths are separated by semicolons). For example: C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Tools\Scripts
Pawan kumar
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  • Thanks a lot so far, definitely getting closer to the solution. I successfully added the path to the System variables, which indeed seemed to be the right place as there were some other references in it (including a direct reference of \Python27\Scripts, which might be what's causing these issues initially). https://i.gyazo.com/8ce5ca1889cefc1787e4d2a6c972f3b1.png (retrieved using set). Still getting the same error however, having looked at the System Variables window for a bit I noticed PATHEXT did not include a .py extension, could this fix the issue (and is it save to touch?) – Floriancitt Jul 09 '18 at 20:43
  • Here is a link that has details about installing pip .[link]https://github.com/BurntSushi/nfldb/wiki/Python-&-pip-Windows-installation As far as PATHEXT - I wouldnt touch it for now. – Pawan kumar Jul 10 '18 at 12:34