problems installing pylab
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue Feb 21 13:40:39 EST 2017
On 2/21/2017 10:47 AM, Robert William Lunnon wrote:
> I am trying to install pylab alongside python 3.6.
On Windows 10 as you said at the bottom.
> However when I type
>
> python -m pip install pylab
Try
py -3.6 -m pip install pylab
The '.6' should not be needed, but will make the command fail if you
another 3.x but not 3.6.
> I get the message
>
> No module named site
If any python.exe ran, /Lib/site.py should be present and you should not
see that. What happens if you enter just 'python'?
> In the documentation [documentation for installing python modules in
> python 3.6.0 documentation] it says: The above example assumes that the
> option to adjust the system PATH environment variable was selected when
> installing python.
In most cases, one is better to just use the py command on Windows. If
there is only one python.exe installed
>py
will start it. If multiple pythons are installed, the latest is the
default but you can use the flags to select -2 or -3 to select the
latest of each or -x.y to select a specific version that is not the
latest of the x series. (I still type 'python' (now for 3.6) because a)
it works since I made the install selection, and b) 20 years of habit ;-).)
> How do I do this? I am running Windows 10
You can repair or replace the existing install, but I don't suggest it.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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