Issue with pip Installation on My Laptop

[Mats Wichmann]

On 7/26/24 16:28, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:
> On 7/26/2024 7:25 AM, Lizna Shah via Python-list wrote:
>> OSError: [WinError 225] Operation did not complete successfully 
>> because the
>> file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software
> 
> That part of the error message tells you the story.  Windows thinks some 
> file in the install has been corrupted with malware.
> 


The Windows installer comes with pip, there's no need to do an extra 
install to get it:

python -m pip --version

If you can't find the pip *command*, that's a problem with yout PATH 
settings.  The Python installer offers to add the location of Python 
itself to PATH, and you've apparently taken it up on that offer, but 
that's not the same directory that pip goes to.  Just use it as a module 
and you should be fine.


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The typical paths will be something like

C:\Users\you\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310   # python executable
C:\Users\you\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts   # pip 
"executable"