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

Sat Jun 10 09:29:15 EDT 2023

On 6/9/2023 1:43 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber via Python-list wrote:
> 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

I copied the wrong line of my output - pip.exe is in the same place as 
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>

The standard python.org installs pip.exe in the Scripts directory and a 
pip folder in the Lib\site-packages directory. The pip directory does 
not include an actual file named "pip.py", but through Python invocation 
magic (involving __main__), py -m pip finds the right entry point and 
runs what you want.

We can find pip.exe using good old-fashioned dir (we don't need any 
new-fangled Powershell):

C:\Users\tom>dir AppData\Local\Programs\Python /Aa /S /W /B |find 
"pip"|find "Scripts"
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip3.10.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip3.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\pipx.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\pip3.11.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\pip3.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\pip3.10.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\pip3.7.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\pip3.exe

Searching for a "pip" directory:

C:\Users\tom>dir AppData\Local\Programs\Python /Ad /S /W /B |find "pip" 
|find /V "_"
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\ensurepip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\pip-23.1.dist-info
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\pipx
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\pipx-1.1.0.dist-info
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\mypy\typeshed\stdlib\ensurepip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\mypy\typeshed\stdlib\@python2\ensurepip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\pipx\commands
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\win32\Demos\pipes
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\ensurepip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip-23.1.2.dist-info
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\ensurepip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\pip-22.3.1.dist-info
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\win32\Demos\pipes

A little hard to read but it does find the site-packages pip directory. 
If you have a grep or awk available, you could use it instead of find to 
make the output more concise.  Or if you have grep or awk and don't mind 
waiting a little longer for the results:

C:\Users\tom>dir AppData /Ad /S /W /B |awk "/\\pip$/ {print $1}"
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Lib\site-packages\pip
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pip

and, with grep:

C:\Users\tom>dir AppData /Aa /S /W /B |agrep "pip.exe"
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\tom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\Scripts\pip.exe
Grand Total: 5 match(es) found.