Can't use pip after download?

Question

This is how I downloaded pip:

• I installed https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and placed it in the scripts subdirectory of Python.

• Then I ensured that the scripts subdirectory was a part of my system path.

• Next I used command prompt to navigate to the file and ran it.

• It downloaded and installed pip successfully (As far as I could tell).

My problem is that now when I try to use the pip install Django==1.6.5 command, it says pip is not recognized as an internal or external command.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

My problem was that I was adding ;C:\Python\Scripts to the system variables PATH.

Adding this to the user variables PATH resolved my issue.

Answer 2

Did you check if you have pip.exe's parent directory added to your "Environment variables" paths?

You can use this page to consult on how to check / change / add / delete environment variable paths. How to set the path and environment variables in Windows

Basically what you have to do is

1. Find pip.exe, which is most likely in C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe
2. Add it's parent directory (eg. C:\Python27\Scripts) in the Environment Variable paths.

Now you should be able to run commands using pip such as pip install httpie.

Hopefully the matter is resolved for you.