[Distutils] PIP not recognized in python shell

[Milind Rangnekar]

Hello,

>From window's 10 command prompt, I can install pip and other packages:

C:\>pip

Usage:
  pip <command> [options]

Commands:
  install                     Install packages.
  uninstall                   Uninstall packages.
  freeze                      Output installed packages in requirements
format.
  list                        List installed packages.
  show                        Show information about installed packages.
  search                      Search PyPI for packages.
  wheel                       Build wheels from your requirements.
  zip                         DEPRECATED. Zip individual packages.
  unzip                       DEPRECATED. Unzip individual packages.
  help                        Show help for commands.

General Options:
  -h, --help                  Show help.
  --isolated                  Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring
                              environment variables and user configuration.
  -v, --verbose               Give more output. Option is additive, and can
be
                              used up to 3 times.
  -V, --version               Show version and exit.
  -q, --quiet                 Give less output.
  --log <path>                Path to a verbose appending log.
  --proxy <proxy>             Specify a proxy in the form
                              [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
  --retries <retries>         Maximum number of retries each connection
should
                              attempt (default 5 times).
  --timeout <sec>             Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
  --exists-action <action>    Default action when a path already exists:
                              (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup.
  --trusted-host <hostname>   Mark this host as trusted, even though it does
                              not have valid or any HTTPS.
  --cert <path>               Path to alternate CA bundle.
  --client-cert <path>        Path to SSL client certificate, a single file
                              containing the private key and the certificate
                              in PEM format.
  --cache-dir <dir>           Store the cache data in <dir>.
  --no-cache-dir              Disable the cache.
  --disable-pip-version-check
                              Don't periodically check PyPI to determine
                              whether a new version of pip is available for
                              download. Implied with --no-index.

C:\>python -m pip install beautifulsoup4
You are using pip version 6.0.8, however version 9.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
Collecting beautifulsoup4
  Downloading beautifulsoup4-4.6.0-py3-none-any.whl (86kB)
    100% |################################| 90kB 1.5MB/s
Installing collected packages: beautifulsoup4

Successfully installed beautifulsoup4-4.6.0

C:\>
 However, PIP is  not recognized in Python 3.4.3 Shell.

>>> pip install
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> pip
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module>
    pip
NameError: name 'pip' is not defined
>>> python -m pip install beautifulsoup4
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


Please advise.

Thanks
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