Assistance Request - Issue with Installing 'pip' despite Python 3.10 Installation

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 17:22:22 -0400, Thomas Passin <list1 at tompassin.net>
declaimed the following:

>On 6/8/2023 3:14 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber via Python-list wrote:
> C:\Users\Owner>
>> -=-=-
>> Windows PowerShell
>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>> 
>> Try the new cross-platform PowerShell https://aka.ms/pscore6
>> 
>> PS C:\Users\Owner> Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Python310\ -Recurse -Name -Filter
>> "pip.*"
>> Lib\site-packages\pip
>> Lib\site-packages\pipenv\patched\pip
>> Lib\site-packages\pipenv\utils\pip.py
>> Lib\site-packages\pipenv\utils\__pycache__\pip.cpython-310.pyc
>> PS C:\Users\Owner>
>> -=-=-
>> 
>> 	I've just run the installer -- python-3.10.11-amd64.exe -- as admin, in
>> "repair" mode! There is NO pip.exe under the Python install directory.
>
>It's in the Scripts directory:
>
>C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\pip3.exe
>
>Note that this installation was made for a single user, not "All Users" 
>- this is an install-time option.  For an "All Users" location (I 
>happened to install 3.9 for "All Users"), it does go into %PROGRAMFILES%:
>
	I always install in "All Users" mode, but specify a directory that is
NOT under "Program Files" -- in this case, C:\Python310

	The PowerShell command recurses into all subdirectories of the -path
argument. As it shows, the ONLY "pip" found is the actual library module.

PS C:\Users\Owner> Get-ChildItem -Path C:\P*\ -Recurse -Name -Filter
"pip.*"
R\R-4.2.3\library\climextRemes\pip
R\R-4.2.3\library\vICC\help\figures\pip.png
Package Cache\{5C3F818F-9EF5-444C-9386-77A0063A383A}v3.10.11150.0\pip.msi
Package Cache\{861EF849-90A5-4F4A-BAD4-479141466551}v3.10.10150.0\pip.msi
Lib\site-packages\pip
Lib\site-packages\pipenv\patched\pip
Lib\site-packages\pipenv\utils\pip.py
Lib\site-packages\pipenv\utils\__pycache__\pip.cpython-310.pyc
PS C:\Users\Owner> Get-ChildItem -Path C:\P*\ -Recurse -Name -Filter
"pip*.exe"
Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\pipanel.exe
{F87E77CE-BAA2-49E1-AAE3-1F6B2704ABAA}\OFFLINE\8AFA5EE\A9DCCED0\Pipe.exe
PS C:\Users\Owner>

	Two variations, both now including "Program Files" (and x86),
"ProgramData", and the Python install; one looking for
"pip<dot><anything>", the other "pip<anything><dot>exe". Again, nothing
found except the library module.

	"ensurepip" appears to only verify that the library module is installed
and does not seem to look for any .exe or other convenience access file.

PS C:\Users\Owner> python -m ensurepip
Looking in links: c:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp0cr7yu4s
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\python310\lib\site-packages
(67.6.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\python310\lib\site-packages
(23.0.1)
PS C:\Users\Owner>