Using Python 3.7 pip to get a library

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Python noob here.

I need to install the microbit library for MicroPython. I think Python uses "pip" for package management. I think its supposed to just work for me in 2020 but it doesn't. I can't get pip recognised on Windows 10, I've tried:

# From Windows 10 PowerShell
> py --version
Python 3.7.0

> pip
pip : The term 'pip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program....etc.

> py -3 -m ensurepip
Looking in links: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpwmmqz_qq
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\users\username\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages (39.0.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\users\username\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages (10.0.1)

> py pip
(null): can't open file 'pip': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

I also downloaded a get-pip.py script from another SO answer, ran it, it exited without output but doesn't seem to have done anything.

> py .\get-pip.py
>

After which pip and py pip are still not recognised.

What am I missing? Thanks.

@cwalvoort I was asking about `py -3 ... pip`, not `... ensurepip`. :-) — erip, Mar 07 '20 at 14:38
I know nothing about micropython, but the `(null)` is something I've seen in other distributions of python which means you don't have a virtual environment setup which will likely restrict you in installing garbage into the global distribution. — erip, Mar 07 '20 at 14:41
@erip I'd just ignore the micropython part, its just Python 3.7 on Windows and trying to run pip to get a library. — Luke Puplett, Mar 07 '20 at 14:44
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bpip%5D+The+term+%27pip%27+is+not+recognized+as+the+name+of+a+cmdlet%2C+function%2C+script+file%2C+or+operable+program — phd, Mar 07 '20 at 15:00

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '20 at 14:46

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Okay, it seems that though py is in the PATH and just works, the pip.exe is not and doesn't just work. So after searching for its executable, I've found it here and it runs.

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\pip.exe

Thanks!

answered Mar 07 '20 at 14:46

Luke Puplett

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