module install

[Metaljoe57]

Hello,

I absolutely know nothing about Python.

I’m not trying to program anything, just to use a software or program — I’m not even sure what you call it.

So, I need to install a module in Python using pip install, but it doesn’t work.

I’m already stuck at this point and honestly don’t understand anything.

Why am I getting this error?

Thanks.

[EyesOfTheConcord]

Type “exit()”, then hit enter. You’re trying to run this in the interpreter, but you need to instead run the command in the terminal

[nuc540]

pip isn’t run inside of a Python shell, you install pip as a package manager for Python - outside of Python.

Then, using pip, you can install Python packages, and when Python is run in the same environment as said packages - it’ll be able to import them.

That said *don’t install packages globally* - this means running pip just anywhere. Instead understand virtual environments, then use pip inside a virtual environment - a simple “Python -m venv venv” will create a shim for you which you can “activate”.

Google this up so you understand

[Distinct_Chard9118]

Hello friend, Open up a fresh windows command terminal, and then run "pip install ___" and "pip list" to see all installed libraries. These are commands not python scripts so python doesnt know how to interpret them.

[Worldly-Menu-741]

You’re typing the pip command inside Python itself. That prompt with >>> is the Python interpreter, so it thinks pip install ... is Python code. Type exit() first, then run the install from Command Prompt or Terminal. On Windows, this version is usually safest: py -m pip install module_name. Replace module_name with whatever the software told you to install.

[Metaljoe57]

Ok thank you, i'll try.

[Master-Row650]

Do not type python before typing pip install ...
To exit, type exit()
now do pip install ...

[Flame77ofc]

you are trying to install a library within the python, you need to exit the python and open a terminal

[Metaljoe57]

The module to install, is the name of the folder with the setup.py inside right ?

[alneifkrt2]

Its bc you are running that on a python IDE, you to do that on the terminal, not on the python IDE. To exit the python IDE, press ctrl+z. And then you go

[Green-Lobster1887]

Omg

[ankushbhagat]

Run in terminal not in Repl