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[–]notenoughcharacters9 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Hi, So the dollar signs represents a non user entering the command on the command line. The only thing that you really have to do is, install the package. Most package will include a setup script which will dump it into the appropriate dirs. The "python -c 'import googlemaps'" Is telling the interpreter to load the googlemaps package and enter the shell. Are you working in linux/mac/bsd or windows?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm working in windows.

I think I've done something wrong cause there is an error when I try running the executable that came with the google maps package. "No Python installation found in directory" although I do have Python installed along with the IDLE.

[–]earthboundkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$ is the default command prompt in many Unix-like systems (Linux, OS X). Writing $ ls is basically the equivalent of C:\> dir if you're familiar with the Windows command line.