[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 146, Issue 22

[Chris C]

Gustavo,
   Reading your description, it sounds like you opening a Windows Explorer window and double clicking on pip.exe expecting it to run like a Windows application.  But pip is a command line tool and you need to open a command line windows/console (cmd.exe) first before running pip.   Open cmd.exe (Start -> find programs, type in cmd and it should come right up.)  I have a shortcut for cmd.exe on my desktop.  From inside the command line window/console, type "pip help", and you should see the help files associated with the pip program.  "pip list", will show you any modules you have installed.   From there you should be able to follow the documentation and install any modules you need.  
Good luck,  I hope this helps.
Chris Clifton


    
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:26:06 -0500
From: Gustavo Davis <gusdavis25 at yahoo.com>
To: tutor at python.org
Subject: [Tutor] Fwd: Newbie trying to get pip run on windows 7
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  From: Gus Davis <gusdavis25 at yahoo.com>
  Date: Apr 19, 2016 9:53 PM
  Subject: Newbie trying to get pip run on windows 7
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    From: Gustavo Davis
    Sent: Tuesday April 19th, 2016
    To: Python Org
    Subject: Python Module issues (specifically pip)
    Greetings!
    My name is Gustavo Davis. ?I am enjoying immensely what I'm learning
    about Python and all that it has to offer. Keep up the good work with
    Python and please continue making it one of the most popular and open
    source programming languages.?
    For right now the only thing that is causing me issues is with getting
    Pip to run on my PC. I've downloaded the files to my desktop folder and
    Ive even tried to look up the answers on youtube and other places. Some
    of the answers I understand about going to
    start>computer>properties>advancesystemsetttings>environmentvariables>path>edit
    and then add something like this:
    ;C:\Python34\Scripts\pip
    C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Python Folder\Scripts
    But for some reason after I made the changes and saved them they wont
    run. I mean once I go to the file and right click on them and click run
    the cmd prompt pops up for a moment and then it just closes down and the
    pip module never runs in python. I have version 3.4.4. and 3.5.1. I'm
    very new to Python and I have to admit I'm not used to using the cmd
    prompt to install modules and I'm not sure that I understand how to do
    that. Any help you can give with this would be greatly appreciated. This
    problem has me stomped so much I almost wanted to give up for a while on
    Python. But I still have a love for its goals and its philosophy and
    that's what continues to draw me to it. I've very new to programming in
    general and thats why I when I came across Python I wanted to learn it
    and even work primarily a Python Developer one day. I know that most
    likely this question that has been addressed on the website. However I
    just kinda felt frustrated and wanted to speak with someone directly
    since I don't know much about programming at all. Below in the
    attachments are some the errors I keep getting even with IDLE. Please
    have a good day and thank you for taking out the time to listen to me. ?
    ??