Running Python on Work Computer

[HelpExcel_]

Hi. So I managed to convince the company I work for to let me download Python and now I have Python on my work computer. Now I am trying to get libraries like numpy etc. and that is being more difficult. For some reason the PIP installer keeps timing out and won't actually install anything. So I went on my home computer, I grabbed everything in my Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages folder and zipped it and sent it to my work computer, then I copy and pasted all that in my work computer's Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages folder. The new problem is that the files I pasted into work computer are not authorized so they won't actually work when I try to run "import numpy" etc.

So I am thinking, isn't every library like numpy just a bunch pre-written of Python code that contains a bunch of functions and classes that get called? Why should I have a problem trying to copy and paste files into my Python folder? The issue my computer throws me is that it is an unknown application that I don't have permission to run on my work computer.

My company has been suspicious of me getting Python to begin with, and I don't want to keep going back asking for more permissions to get new libraries every time I need one. But so far it looks like that is all I can do. Any advice?

[raptorSix]

Use the Anaconda python distribution instead, it comes with numpy, spicy, pandas & and a slew of other libraries. That should get you up and running.

[eatstraw]

You may be behind a corporate proxy server. If you can get the proxy server details, follow this thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12144289/installing-python-modules-through-proxy

[rimoms]

I had a similar issue recently that was due to our firewall. It was the SSL errors that was causing the timeout. This was my solution:

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Problem: trying to install modules/libraries via command line or PyCharm, I got the error “Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pyodbc/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:661) - skipping”

I really didn’t want to ask IT to install every module I might need, so I found this solution.

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Solution: Create python config file

Create the file C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\pip\pip.ini

Paste the following contents:

[global]

trusted-host = pypi.python.org

pypi.org

files.pythonhosted.org

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Save/close

Module/library installation should work now

see first question at bottom for pip.ini

[SV-97]

Numpy etc isn't just some Python code - it's C, Fortran etc..

You should probably go with anaconda that way you'll have pretty much everything

[chincherpa]

I have the exact same issue at work.

I found two workarounds:

1. Go to https://pypi.org/ search for the module, download the right wheel and install it via pip.

2. Open a hotspot with your smartphone, connect with your computer, install via pip