Python is stupid

[Wictorian]

Pip is not working..

Google is not helpful. 

 

As suggested I run it as administrator and I typed %PATH% and this itself gives an error. What the hell is wrong?

 

 

[Sauron]

2 minutes ago, Wictorian said:

As suggested I run it as administrator and I typed %PATH%

As suggested by whom? What was this supposed to accomplish?

2 minutes ago, Wictorian said:

Pip is not working..

How is it not working? Post the error message.

[igormp]

4 minutes ago, Wictorian said:

Pip is not working..

Google is not helpful. 

 

As suggested I run it as administrator and I typed %PATH% and this itself gives an error. What the hell is wrong?

 

 

You likely messed up your path settings. Do you mind posting what it looks like?

[MrMase]

Your using %PATH% from inside of command line not as a PIP command, to use PIP commands correctly please see the solution on the particle below.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29817447/how-to-run-pip-commands-from-cmd

[mariushm]

Type 

 

ECHO %PATH%

 

in command prompt, and you'll get a list of paths that you can configure in your environment variables.

 

You're probably supposed to add the path to your pip stuff to your PATH environment variable so that when you type PIP directly in command prompt, the command prompt will know to look among those paths to find pip.exe in that folder.

 

by default, if you type pip  or some other name, the command prompt will look for pip.exe or some other name.exe in the current folder (C:\Windows\System32 in your picture) and if no such file exists there, it falls back to looking for the file among those paths in the PATH variable.

[duncannah]

I recommend using WSL, setting up development stuff on Windows is a nightmare

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, duncannah said:

I recommend using WSL, setting up development stuff on Windows is a nightmare

No, it's not.

OP just miss understood a step, that is all.

 

His Environmental path was not set correctly is most likely the issue.

All he needs to do is open the Environmental Variable panel, and make sure the path to python is set correctly.

This is not a required step, just convenience.

[igormp]

37 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

No, it's not.

OP just miss understood a step, that is all.

 

His Environmental path was not set correctly is most likely the issue.

All he needs to do is open the Environmental Variable panel, and make sure the path to python is set correctly.

This is not a required step, just convenience.

Well, having to do this is already a pain, whereas in other OSes it's done automatically.

[GoodBytes]

14 minutes ago, igormp said:

Well, having to do this is already a pain, whereas in other OSes it's done automatically.

It can be automatically. It's just a registry entry which can be added via... (From a developer of a solution that needs/want to add environment variables) well... the registry APIs, or command line or PowerShell, or VBA script, or WMIC. They are all good.

 

In fact, Python offers you the option when you run the setup:
 

 

Just check the box, hit "Install Now" and enjoy Python.

[igormp]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

It can be automatically. It's just a registry entry which can be added via... (From a developer of a solution that needs/want to add environment variables) well... the registry APIs, or command line or PowerShell, or VBA script, or WMIC. They are all good.

 

In fact, Python offers you the option when you run the setup:
 

 

Just check the box, hit "Install Now" and enjoy Python.

That's for python, not pip tho.

[GoodBytes]

16 minutes ago, igormp said:

That's for python, not pip tho.

Yes, it does it for pip as well.

 

 

I am a big supporter of WSL. It is a powerful dev tool.

But for OP case, in getting started with Python under Windows, it is not needed.

 

Windows development issue typically is due to some solutions being made for Linux only, or is poorly maintained for Windows, as its main base is on a Linux server environment (example: Apache). This is an example of where you want to use WSL. But Python is cross platform and well supported on all OSs.

 

[Tamatini]

on powershell or cmd you use pip as such

py -m pip YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME

but you are not supposed to use that command directly in your system.

 

firstly you need to create a new folder and move inside

mkdir my_awesome_web_application
cd ./my_awesome_web_application

 

then create your virtual environnement

py -m venv VENV

 

to start VENV in powershell:

./VENV/Scripts/activate.ps1

to start VENV in cmd:

./VENV/Script/activate.bat

once you start the script a little (VENV) will appear near you commandline header

 

you can now use your pip command without using "py -m". ex:

pip install flask

will install the flask librairy and his dependencies.

[Franck]

On 7/7/2022 at 11:48 PM, GoodBytes said:

well supported on all OSs.

to be exact "on all mainstream/PC OS"