On Mar 3, 2022, at 16:15, Ned Deily <n...@python.org> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2022, at 15:51, Robert Wasserman via Pythonmac-SIG 
> <pythonmac-sig@python.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve been learning pylon on my Mac and and am trying to install NLTK so I 
>> can try the examples in the NLTK text.
>> 
>> The instructions in NLTK are straightforward and I am able to get Python 
>> itself on my computer, but I cannot get “pip” to work. 
>> 
>> I would appreciate any help or sources of help.   My problem seems to be 
>> getting Python to work on the data provided in the NLTK.
> 
> Sorry but without more information, it is impossible to provide meaningful 
> help. But the most common problem with using pip is trying to use the wrong 
> version of pip. The best way to avoid that is to invoke pip using the same 
> name you are using to invoke python itself. So, for example, from a Terminal 
> window, if you type "python3" to start up Python, use this:
> 
> python3 -m pip install ntlk

Er, of course, that should be:

python3 -m pip install nltk

> If you are still having problems, please copy and paste the full sequence of 
> commands that you are entering and the error messages you see.
> 
> FWIW, I just tried it with the current Python 3.10.2 macOS installed from 
> python.org and it seemed to work.
> 
> P.S. general Python usage questions are probably more quickly solved via one 
> of the general help forums out there. See https://www.python.org/about/help/.

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  Ned Deily
  n...@python.org -- []

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