Re: [Distutils] PIP not recognized in python shell

4 Oct 2017


      On 4 October 2017 at 05:27, Milind Rangnekar milindha@gmail.com wrote:
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However, PIP is  not recognized in Python 3.4.3 Shell.
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pip install
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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pip
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module>
    pip
NameError: name 'pip' is not defined
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python -m pip install beautifulsoup4
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
This is expected behaviour, as the Python REPL is for running Python
code, not for running command line executables.
"pip" and "python" don't work in the Python REPL for the same reason
that attempting to run "dir", "cd" or "systeminfo" doesn't work -
they're shell commands rather than Python code.
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan@gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia