pip install returning invalid syntax

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I ve just installed python 3 6 which comes with pip  However  in Windows command prompt  when I do   pip install bs4  it returns  SyntaxError  invalid syntax  under the install word   Typing  python  returns the version  which means it is installed correctly  What could be the problem

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Try running cmd as administrator  in the menu that pops up after right-clicking  and or entering  pip  alone and then

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Don t enter in the python shall  Install in the command directory   Not inside the python pip cannot be installed inside the python   Even in the version 3   you don t have to write the python 3 instead just python   which looks like  python -m pip install --upgrade pip   and then install others   python -m pip install jupyter

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Try    pip3 install bs4   If you have python2 installed you typically have to make sure you are using the correct version of pip

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You can also go into the directory where you have your pip exe or pip3 exe located  For me it was on my D drive so here is what I did   D   gt cd python  D  python gt cd Scripts  D  python Scripts gt pip3 exe install tweepy   Hope it helps

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You need to be in the specific folder where pip exe exists  then do the following steps    open cmd exe write the following command        cd  The path to the python folder    or in my case  i wrote      cd C  Users username AppData Local Programs Python Python37-32 Scripts    then write the following command       pip install  anypackage

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try this   python -m  pip          -m module-name Searches sys path for the named module and runs the corresponding  py file as a script    Sometimes the OS can t find pip so python or py -m may solve the problem because it is python itself searching for pip

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The OS is not recognizing  python  command  So try   py  Use  py -m pip

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Chances are you are in the Python interpreter  Happens sometimes if you give this  Python  command in cmd exe just to check the version of Python and you so happen to forget to come out   Try this command  exit   pip install xyz

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The problem is the OS can   t find Pip  Pip helps you install packages MODIFIED SOME GREAT ANSWERS TO BE BETTER Method 1 Go to path of python  then search for pip  open cmd exe write the following command   E g cd C  Users Username AppData Local Programs Python Python37-32 In this directory  search pip with python -m pip then install package E g python -m pip install ipywidgets -m module-name Searches sys path for the named module and runs the corresponding  py file as a script  OR GO TO scripts from CMD  This is where Pip stays    cd C  Users User name AppData Local Programs Python Python37-32 Scripts gt  Then pip install anypackage

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D  Program Files Py Scripts pip exe  install numpy -U  YOUR PATH to pip exe in Python folder   install   YOUR LIB   -U

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First go to python directory where it was installed on your windows machine by using   cmd Then go ahead as i did in the picture

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You need to run pip install in the command prompt  outside from a python interpreter   Try to exit python and re try

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In windows  you have to run pip install command from  python path   scripts path in cmd prompt C  python27 scripts pip install pandas

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I use Enthought Canopy for my python  at first I used  pip install --upgrade pip   it showed a syntax error like yours  then I added a     in front of the pip  then it finally worked

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