How to run Pip commands from CMD

Question

As I understand  Python 2 7 9 comes with Pip installed  however when I try to execute a Pip command from CMD  Windows  I get the following error     pip  is not recognized as an internal or external command  operable program or batch file    When I type python I do get the following  which suggests it has been installed correctly    Python 2 7 9  default  Dec 10 2014  12 24 55   MSC v 1500 32 bit  Intel   on win32 Type  help    copyright    credits  or  license  for more information    I did however need to add some environmental variables to get the python part working on CMD    Add to the environment variable PATH   C  Python27   Define the system variable PYTHONPATH   C  Python27     I cannot find a Pip folder within the Python directory  however there is a folder called  ensurepip  in C  Python27 Lib    Does anybody know how can I get Pip commands to start working in CMD

User · Answer

Firstly make sure that you have installed python 2.7 or higher

Open Command Prompt as administrator and change directory to python and then change directory to Scripts by typing cd Scripts then type pip.exe and now you can install modules Step by Step:

Open Cmd
type in "cd \" and then enter
type in "cd python2.7" and then enter

Note that my python version is 2.7 so my directory is that so use your python folder here...

type in "cd Scripts" and enter
Now enter this "pip.exe"
Now it prompts you to install modules

User · Answer

Newer versions of Python come with py  the Python Launcher  which is always in the PATH   Here is how to invoke pip via py   py -m pip install  lt packagename gt    py allows having several versions of Python on the same machine   As an example  here is how to invoke the pip from Python 2 7   py -2 7 -m pip install  lt packagename gt

User · Answer

Go to the folder where Python is installed    and go to Scripts folder    Do all this in CMD and then type       pip   to check whether its there or not    As soon as it shows some list it means that it is there    Then type  pip install  lt package name you want to install gt

User · Answer

Make sure to also add  C  Python27 Scripts  to your path  pip exe should be in that folder  Then you can just run   C   gt  pip install modulename

User · Answer

Little side note for anyone new to Python who didn t figure it out by theirself  this should be automatic when installing Python  but just in case  note that to run Python using the python command in Windows  CMD you must first add it to the PATH environment variable  as explained here   To execute Pip  first of all make sure you have it installed  so type in your CMD   gt  python  gt  gt  gt  import pip  gt  gt  gt   And it should proceed with no error  Otherwise  if this fails  you can look here to see how to install it  Now that you are sure you ve got Pip  you can run it from CMD with Python using the -m  module  parameter  like this   gt  python -m pip  lt command gt   lt args gt   Where  lt command gt  is any Pip command you want to run  and  lt args gt  are its relative arguments  separated by spaces  For example  to install a package   gt  python -m pip install  lt package-name gt

User · Answer

In my case I was trying to install Flask  I wanted to run pip install Flask command  But when I open command prompt it I goes to C  Users user    If you give here it will say pip is not recognized  I did below steps  On your desktop right click Computer and select Properties  Select Advanced Systems Settings  In popup which you see select Advanced tab and then click Environment Variables  In popup double click PATH and from popup copy variable value for variable name PATH and paste the variable value in notepad or so and look for an entry for Python    In my case it was C  Users  user  AppData Local Programs Python Python36-32  Now in my command prompt i moved to above location and gave pip install Flask

User · Answer

Simple solution that worked for me is  set the path of python in environment variables it is done as follows   Go to My Computer Open properties Open Advanced Settings Open Environment Variables Select path Edit it   In the edit option click add and add following two paths to it one by one   C  Python27  C  Python27 Scripts   and now close cmd and run it as administrator  by that pip will start working

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