Need Help w. PIP!

[Mark Lawrence]

On 04/09/2015 04:08, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 04/09/2015 02:55, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Steve Burrus <steveburrus28 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have tried the 'python get-pip.py' command over amnd over again in my
>>>> command prompt and the 'python easy-install.py" command a little less. I
>>>> swear I have set ALL of the env. variables correctly! My OS is Windows 10
>>>> Beta Preview Build 10074.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What happens if you type "python -m pip" ? Or "python3 -m pip"? Does
>>> that invoke pip?
>>>
>>> ChrisA
>>>
>>
>> "python3 xyz" won't go on Windows.  There are now three pip executables in
>> the "Scripts" subfolder under the Python3.4 installation, pip.exe, pip3.exe
>> and pip3.4.exe.
>
> Not sure what you mean by "won't go", but I was just curious about
> whether there was some pathing issue that meant that the Scripts
> subfolder wasn't accessible, yet the main Python binary might have
> been.
>
> ChrisA
>

python3 just doesn't exist on Windows, it's always python.exe or 
pythonw.exe.  Not that I'd recommend using them in this day and age, 
py.exe or pyw.exe and specify your version via the command line or a 
shebang line in your script is certainly my preferred way of doing things.

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Mark Lawrence