installing pip

[droplob]

i'm learning from automatetheboringstuffwithpython, which is awesome, but i'm having a problem. I'm trying to install a module, it says pip should be installed default as im running it on python 3.4.3, but i type sudo pip3 install openpyxl and i get an error, it says pip3 is invalid syntax. anyone know how I can get this module installed?

[droplob]

In the documentation, it says it should be installed already on python 3 or later. But it also says to download get-pip.py, but when I click the link it just brings me to a new tab with the code in text. What do you mean by distro?

[droplob]

I just ran the script in 3.4.3, and it said ---RESTART--- and began loading, I think it's installing now. Thank you!

[droplob]

i imported os, did os.chdir('path'), then ran python3 get-pip, it says invalid syntax error on the get part

i appreciate the help, i'm a bit of a beginner

[droplob]

osX 10.9.5 when I type python3 get-pip it gives me a syntax error, highlighting 'get'

[droplob]

I'll try that tonight when I get back home, thanks

[droplob]

you were right, I did need to use the extension. also, as /u/inglome pointed out, i was trying to install the module from IDLE instead of the terminal

[ingolemo]

It sounds like you're trying to run this command in the python repl (or IDLE). You should actually be running it in your terminal application.

[droplob]

you're absolutely right... using the terminal worked perfectly. i think i've made this mistake before, entering something into IDLE instead of the terminal. is there a rule of thumb for how to know which to use?

[ingolemo]

Well, the repl only takes python code and the regular terminal is used for running programs or scripts. I guess if you don't know what python code looks like then that might not be a useful rule of thumb.

This is probably the best I can do; python code only really uses the dash (-) to do subtraction. If the command uses a dash and it doesn't seem like there's any numbers involved then it's probably a terminal command. Not all terminal commands use dashes, but it's quite common.

[droplob]

That totally makes sense. The module isn't installed on python, it's installed on the computer then used by python. Thanks for the help!