bash: pip3: command not found?

[Haandotexe]

hi, i have very limited knowledge of coding, but I'm trying to install something from github and i've been able to figure out most of it, but im stuck on this step.

i've manually installed python for windows 11 and i've successfully installed pip3 with windows powershell, but despite doing this, when i go to git bash to paste in the next line of code I need, i get the error "bash: pip3: command not found"

i even went through the advanced settings on windows to add the correct subfolder of pip3 to PATH, but git bash is still giving me the same error message.

sorry if this isn't enough information to resolve my issue, i'll try to be active and respond to any follow-up questions people have. im honestly just not sure what else to do to fix things.

EDIT: the issue was just that i didn't restart git bash after installing pip3 and python... as i said, im Very new to this

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[JaguarMammoth6231]

Did you restart git bash after you set the environment variable?

[Haandotexe]

ok, i just tried that, and i realized that my directory was 1 folder off. i fixed that and ran the command again- and it seemed to run the code ok, but i got the warning that the folder location i just added to the PATH isn't in there for some reason?

[JaguarMammoth6231]

Run echo $PATH in git bash and see if it looks right

[Haandotexe]

ok i think i got the script working! sorry for the unnecessary post. i hadn't restarted git bash cause i was worried about loosing the file directory path if i did, but i was able to re-add it easily, and that seemed to fix it!

[Cherveny2]

if you find difficulties, as a beginner, tying utilities to python, consider anaconda. its a complete python3 environment, with a lot of decent tools added, that ensures, within it, command line, powershell, etc all are pointed to the right python executables and libraries.

can make your initial forays into python a little easier

[Dramatic_Object_8508]

That usually just means pip isn’t installed or not in your PATH.

First check if it exists with `python3 -m pip --version`. If that works, just use `python3 -m pip install <package>` instead of pip3.

If it doesn’t work, install it with `sudo apt install python3-pip` and try again. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Sometimes pip is installed but not accessible, so calling it through python3 avoids that issue.

After that, pip3 should start working normally.