On 13Sep2016 1312, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016, at 08:39 PM, Steve Dower wrote:
It would help if you could post the full error output (sanitizing
paths if needed). But you may just need to upgrade pip (python -m
install -U pip).
I think Ryan may have typed that command at a Python prompt rather than
a system command prompt. Unfortunately the distinction often isn't clear
in examples, because the experienced developers writing the instructions
are used to guessing which commands are Python and which are system
commands.
One thing I'd quite like to see Python grow is a standard function to
install packages from inside Python. In R, the install.packages()
function is the default way to get third party packages, and I think
staying in one interactive prompt does make things easier for new users
to understand.
Ah, I suspect you're right.
I have considered adding a "Python x.y Shell" start menu item that would
configure PATH properly for commands like "python" and "pip".
Instinctively, it seems this would be more useful than a direct shortcut
to the executable, but at the same time I don't want to start competing
with all the other app-specific shells out there.
Cheers,
Steve
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