'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question 1

I'm running into a weird error when trying to install Django on my computer.

This is the sequence that I typed into my command line:

C:\Python34> python get-pip.py
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in c:\python34\lib\site-packages
Cleaning up...
C:\Python34> pip install Django
'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Python34> lib\site-packages\pip install Django
'lib\site-packages\pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

What could be causing this?

This is what I get when I type in echo %PATH%:

C:\Python34>echo %PATH%
C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.8.8-Q16;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\
;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\S
ystem32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\
Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK2円.0\bin\x86;C:\Progr
am Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK2円.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Mana
gement Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine C
omponents\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components
\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\P
rogram Files (x86)\nodejs\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Heroku\bin;C:\Program Files (x
86)\git\cmd;C:\RailsInstaller\Ruby2.0.0\bin;C:\RailsInstaller\Git\cmd;C:\RailsIn
staller\Ruby1.9.3\bin;C:\Users\Javi\AppData\Roaming\npm

Question 2

You may need to add pip to the PATH environment variable. Otherwise CMD prompt doesn't know what you're talking about

Question 3

Hmm I'm relatively new to programming have only done some ruby on rails. Can you explain a bit more what you mean by PATH environment variable? How?

Question 4

@fr1tz I get a huge output... seemingly a really really long directory of files

Question 5

@user3597960 do you know the location of your pip installation? You need to add this location to that really really long list of directories, which is actually the PATH system variable. To add it to the PATH variable you can either use setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\pip" for example or you can add it via the control panel

Question 6

if the path of your Python\Python37-32\Scripts is too long like mine C:\Users\IT-admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Scripts then command terminal trim the path and won't allow the addition of full path. In this case use the 'Advance system setting' from control panel to add manually as shown in screenshot by @KarthikeyanVK in below answer

Question 7

You need to add the path of your pip installation to your PATH system variable. By default, pip is installed to C:\Python34\Scripts\pip (pip now comes bundled with new versions of python), so the path "C:\Python34\Scripts" needs to be added to your PATH variable.

To check if it is already in your PATH variable, type echo %PATH% at the CMD prompt

To add the path of your pip installation to your PATH variable, you can use the Control Panel or the setx command. For example:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Python34\Scripts"

Note: According to the official documentation, "[v]ariables set with setx variables are available in future command windows only, not in the current command window". In particular, you will need to start a new cmd.exe instance after entering the above command in order to utilize the new environment variable.

Thanks to Scott Bartell for pointing this out.

Question 8

@fr1tz, the command did not work when being added from the cmd utility. I had to add it manually from system settings>advanced>environment variables. I am using Windows 8 64bit. Thanks!

Question 9

After this, you need to install any package from that Directory i.e. C:\Python34\Scripts (For example) pip install openpyxl

Question 10

Note: you'll likely need to close and reopen your CMD prompt after you run the setx command.

Question 11

For python 3.5 installed on Windows 10, the path is: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35

Question 12

By default, pip is installed to -- by who's default?

Question 13

For Windows, when you install a package, you type:

python -m pip install [packagename]

Or in some cases:

py -m pip install [packagename]

Question 14

I think these are the docs for the command -m: docs.python.org/2/using/cmdline.html?highlight=m#cmdoption-m

Question 15

'python' is not recognized. I have it installed on my windows 10

Question 16

@vsync Try 'py' instead of 'python'

Question 17

@Marian07 Your suggestion seem to be the only one that's working. I have tried some of the other suggestion about uninstalling pipenv because the virtual environments conflicting, not working. Thank you!

Question 18

"py -m pip install [package]" in VS Code

Question 19

As of now, version 3.7.3 I had a little bit of an issue with getting the right system variable.

Try this:

Type start %appdata% in cmd.
After that file explorer should pop up in ../AppData/Roaming.

Go back one directory and navigate to Local/Programs/Python/Python37-32/Scripts.

NOTE: The version number may be different so if you copy and paste the above file path it could not work.

After you do this you now have the correct location of your downloaded Python. Copy your file path by selecting the whole directory in the address bar.

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Once you do that click the start icon and navigate to the Control Panel → System and Security → System. Then click "Advanced System Settings" on the left side of the panel.

Once there, click Environment Variables on the bottom right and there will be two boxes, an upper and a lower box. In the upper box: Click on the 'Path' Variable and click Edit located on the right. Click New and paste your directory Path. It should look something like this:

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Click OK three times, open a new window of cmd and type: pip. See if it works.

Question 20

Just wanted to highlight how comprehensive and helpful this was. I hope people link to it.

Question 21

remember to restart the command line. It didn't work till I had done that.

Question 22

Thanks for sharing. Especially useful for those who use Anaconda to locate where the pip file is when Anaconda was installed just for one user on the computer. And for those of you who are quick to alert me that Anaconda has a powershell too. I know. It doesn't like CLD2.

Question 23

For me the command:

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Python34\Scripts

worked immediately (try after echo %PATH% and you will see that your path has the value C:\Python34\Scripts).

Thanks to: Adding a directory to the PATH environment variable in Windows

Question 24

This seems to work just as long as you don't close the cmd, setx will do it permanently

Question 25

I really don't see how this deserved a seperate answer a year after the selected one.

Question 26

@fr1tz this answer worked for me but not the previous one

Question 27

@gma992 I can't understand how. This answer says to do the exact same thing that the selected answer says to do, i.e., to modify the PATH environment variable in the same specific way. The only difference between set and setx is which terminal sessions are affected.

Question 28

The only way that worked on my Windows 10 machine was as follows:

py -3 -m pip install xxxxx

Question 29

Alternate way.

If you don't want to add the PATH as the previous well written answers pointed out,

but you want to execute pip as your command then you can do that with py -m as prefix.

Given that you have to do it again and again.

eg.

py -m <command>

as in

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

Also make sure to have pip and py installed

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Question 30

While following this advise, I discover that my python installation had a "(1)" at the end of the .exe file name. After deleting the extra characters, python began wirking as expected

Question 31

I think these are the docs for the command -m: docs.python.org/2/using/cmdline.html?highlight=m#cmdoption-m

Question 32

i already installed python how can i add pip now?

Question 33

Also, the long method - it was a last resort after trying all previous answers:

C:\python27\scripts\pip.exe install [package].whl

This after cd in directory where the wheel is located.

Question 34

As per Python 3.6 Documentation

It is possible that pip does not get installed by default. One potential fix is:

python -m ensurepip --default-pip

Question 35

This command will solve the issue on windows

Question 36

I used this command but now if I install any package in base or my virtual environment, it automatically installs it in both. even if i create a environment, by doing pip list, it shows all the packages installed in base. How can I undo it.

Question 37

Yes! Thank you! It worked (I don't care about the different environment issues suggested)!

Question 38

Control Panel -> add/remove programs -> Python -> Modify -> optional Features (you can click everything) then press next -> Check "Add python to environment variables" -> Install

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And that should solve your path issues, so jump to command prompt and you can use pip now.

Question 39

this worked for me on windows 10 laptop with latest OS, i was using CMDER as my emulator

Question 40

Go to control Panel>> Uninstall or change Program and double click on Python XXX to modify install. Make sure PIP component is checked and install.

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Question 41

Try going to Windows PowerShell or cmd prompt and typing:

python -m pip install openpyxl

Question 42

I was having the same problem just now.

After adding the proper folder (C:\Python33\Scripts) to the path, I still could not get pip to run. All it took was running pip.exe install -package- instead of pip install -package-.

Question 43

This worked for me, thanks. I have windows 10, 64 bit, 4 apps (problem probably partly comes from this fact) anaconda3 2020.11, python 3.7.0, python 3.9.1, python launcher.

Question 44

In latest version Python 3.6.2 and above, is available in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\Scripts

You can add the path to our environment variable path as below

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Make sure you close your command prompt or Git after setting up your path. Also should you open your command prompt in administrator mode. This is example for Windows 10.

Question 45

Use

set Path = `%PATH%;C:\Python34\;C:\Python27\Scripts`

Source

Question 46

Windows: the only solution that worked for me is:

Navigate to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts
Copy the path
Open Environment Variables → System Variables
Paste

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After that, PIP should work correctly!

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Question 47

'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command

pip is a Python module used to install packages. For your problem, there can be many reasons;

Restart CMD/Terminal
An environment variable is not set. pip is installed, but an environment variable is not set. A environment variable is a Windows variable where the pip path is saved, so it can be run at run time.
pip is not installed.

Restart CMD/Terminal

It is sometimes possible that you opened your command prompt or terminal before installing pip and now it just needs a restart to pick up the latest environment variables. It is worth trying just restarting your command prompt or terminal.

Environment Variable is not set

Open CMD and run this command to see the values set in the PATH environment variable.

echo %PATH%

This will echo the PATH environment variable like this;

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You should check if your path exist in the echoed PATH list. For example, in my case, the path for pip.exe files is C:\Python310\Scripts. You can check this path yourself like this;

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If you can find pip path and it does not exist the echoed PATH variable, then we need to add it. Copy the path like C:\Python310\Scripts.

Go to Start* → This PC → Properties → Advanced System Settings → Advanced → Environment Variables

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As shown in the image above, select Path, click the Edit button and add the copied path. Restart the CMD and test pip command again.

pip is not installed

If pip is not installed, you can install it again by downloading latest python.exe setup from the python.org website. Make sure you check mark the pip option as shown in the image below.

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In the next step, check mark "Add Python to environment variables"

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Question 48

I tried all these methods and watched so many YouTube videos regarding this and nothing work for me.

Finally I tried this way and it worked.

In my case only the Pip was only not identified.

Go to this site. https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

Download that file by right clicking on that page. Create a new folder and put that file in to that folder. Navigate to that folder and open cmd inside that folder. Then type.

python get-pip.py

After that, it will start to download. Like this in SS.

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After successfully installed, close cmd and run again the cmd and type

pip --version

then in my case of course it shows like this

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it worked. Most of these solutions related to setting the path in environmental variable . But my case in script folder there wasn't any file to be seen. I think the most easiest way is uninstall python through setup and delete other pip things then create new pip installation. if it isn't working the path setting to the environment variable refer this YouTube video. (Copied from Youtube)

Question 49

Please review Why not upload images of code/errors when asking a question? (e.g., "Images should only be used to illustrate problems that can't be made clear in any other way, such as to provide screenshots of a user interface.") and do the right thing (it covers text program output in answers as well). Thanks in advance.

Question 50

You can try pip3. Something like:

pip3 install pandas

Question 51

Or if you are using PyCharm (2017年03月03日) like me, just change directory in terminal and install:

cd C:\Users\{user}\PycharmProjects\test\venv\Scripts
pip install ..

Question 52

None of these actually worked for me, but running

python -m pip install -U pip

and then adding the specified directory to the PATH as suggested got it working

Question 53

Most frequently it is:

in cmd.exe write

python -m pip install --user [name of your module here without brackets]

Question 54

Even I'm new to this, but pip install django worked for me.

The path should be set as where the script folder of the Python installation is, i.e.C:\Python34\Scripts.

I suppose it's because Django is a framework which is based on Python, and that's why this directory structure has to be maintained while installing.

Question 55

It is better to set pip in environment variables. Your method would make it restricted.

Question 56

I have just installed Python 3.6.2.

I got the path as

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts

Question 57

In Windows, open cmd and find the location of PYTHON_HOME using where python. Now add this location to your environment variable PATH using:

set PATH=%PATH%;<PYTHON_HOME>\Scripts

Or refer to this.

In Linux, open a terminal and find the location of PYTHON_HOME using which python. Now add the PYTHON_HOME/Scripts to the PATH variable using:

PATH=$PATH:<PYTHON_HOME>\Scripts
export PATH

Question 58

In your Python folder path in Terminal, just type

 py -m pip

in order to check the current version of your pip. You will also see a list of commands, you can use...

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Question 59

Please review Why not upload images of code/errors when asking a question? (e.g., "Images should only be used to illustrate problems that can't be made clear in any other way, such as to provide screenshots of a user interface.") and do the right thing (it covers answers as well). Thanks in advance.

Question 60

From this command "py -m pip" i got folder for Scripts: C:\Users\DESK 10\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts i have updated above Scripts folder in System Path of Windows. And then closed CMD and then opened CMD and typed pip and that works.

Question 61

I think from Python 2.7.9 and higher pip comes pre installed and it will be in your scripts folder.

So you have to add the "scripts" folder to the path. Mine is installed in C:\Python27\Scripts. Check yours to see what your path is so that you can alter the below accordingly. Then go to PowerShell, paste the below code in PowerShell and hit Enter key. After that, reboot and your issue will be resolved.

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$env:Path;C:\Python27\Scripts", "User")

Question 62

The OP is using Python 3.X, not 2.X.

Question 63

I was facing the same issue. Run Windows PowerShell as Administrator. It resolved my issue.

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Question 64

For Windows users:
Open your Python's scripts folder; it's usually located in this path:
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python<VERSION>\Scripts,
for example: C:\Users\elyas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts.

Then, see if there is a pip executable file, if you don't see one, run this CMD command: python -m ensurepip --upgrade
If you do see a pip executable file, look at it's name, and run it in CMD. For example, I have a pip3.exe file, so in CMD I run pip3. If the command is not recognized, then make sure the scripts folder is in the system's PATH variables:

Open CMD in Admin mode
Run this command: rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables
Under system variables, edit Path to see its content.
Make sure the Python folder and the Python's scripts folder are present. If they are not in the list - add them.

fr1tz 8,4541 gold badge14 silver badges8 bronze badges · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-17 08:26:02Z

You need to add the path of your pip installation to your PATH system variable. By default, pip is installed to C:\Python34\Scripts\pip (pip now comes bundled with new versions of python), so the path "C:\Python34\Scripts" needs to be added to your PATH variable.

To check if it is already in your PATH variable, type echo %PATH% at the CMD prompt

To add the path of your pip installation to your PATH variable, you can use the Control Panel or the setx command. For example:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Python34\Scripts"

Note: According to the official documentation, "[v]ariables set with setx variables are available in future command windows only, not in the current command window". In particular, you will need to start a new cmd.exe instance after entering the above command in order to utilize the new environment variable.

Thanks to Scott Bartell for pointing this out.

@fr1tz, the command did not work when being added from the cmd utility. I had to add it manually from system settings>advanced>environment variables. I am using Windows 8 64bit. Thanks!
After this, you need to install any package from that Directory i.e. C:\Python34\Scripts (For example) pip install openpyxl
Note: you'll likely need to close and reopen your CMD prompt after you run the setx command.
For python 3.5 installed on Windows 10, the path is: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35

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