> On Mar 3, 2022, at 4:17 PM, Ned Deily <n...@python.org> wrote:
> 
> 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/.
> 
> --
>  Ned Deily
>  n...@python.org -- []
> 

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