Cannot get any Python commands to work

Ian Kelly ian.g.kelly at gmail.com
Mon Jun 12 18:28:39 EDT 2017


On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:47 AM, David Marquand <dbmarquand at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to learn Django and cannot get easy_install to work. Python working on PyDev fine.
>
>
> PS C:\Windows\system32> python
> Python 3.6.1 (v3.6.1:69c0db5, Mar 21 2017, 18:41:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> easy_install --version
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> NameError: name 'easy_install' is not defined
>>>> python
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> NameError: name 'python' is not defined

You need to run these from your regular OS shell, not from the Python
interpeter.



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