Theano windows installation - Configuring the Environment - anaconda

I'm trying to install Theano on windows with Anaconda and I'm stuck at the "Configuring the Environment" step. The instructions here say: The script assumes that you installed WinPython distribution, update the winpython line otherwise. The line in question is
CALL %SCISOFT%\WinPython-64bit-2.7.9.4\scripts\env.bat
What am I supposed to change this to if I'm using Anaconda instead of WinPython?

It's easy to install "Theano on Windows with Anaconda"
After Anaconda is installed:
$ conda install mingw libpython
$ pip install theano
Then maybe, you needn't do anything else, just test it.

The dedicated Anaconda paragraph is not correct ?
http://deeplearning.net/software/theano/install_windows.html#alternative-anaconda

Related

Why anaconda3 install python 2.7

I downloaded and installed Anaconda3-2019.03-MacOSX-x86_64.pkg which should normally install python 3.7. But oddly this is not the case :
(base) iMac-de-Bibi:~ ac$ which python
/Users/ac/anaconda3/bin/python
(base) iMac-de-Bibi:~ ac$ /Users/ac/anaconda3/bin/python --version
Python 2.7.16 :: Anaconda, Inc
Any help would be appreciated
Note : it's my first anaconda installation on this machine
You might have mistakenly downloaded and installed the wrong Anaconda distribution.
You might have changed the Python version in the base environment after the initial installation, by doing something like this:
conda activate base
conda install python=2.7
Update: As reported in a comment, installing pyside downgrades Python.
Have you correctly activated the base environment, and not messed with PATH or PYTHONPATH? I'm not sure about it, but python might be a script that calls the actual Python interpreter. It could pick the wrong one if search paths are off.
In general, I recommend to install Miniconda and create custom environments. Then you can choose whichever Python version you want for each environment, and don't care which one is in the base environment.

Installing PyML and PyBrain with the Anaconda packages under OSX 10.10

Forgive me in case this too easy a question.
Background:
I installed Python 3 and Anaconda as I want to start programming Python and want to dive into machine learning.
Unfortunately all this shell based installation thing is absolutely new to me.
I managed to install python 3.6. and Ananconda 3.
Problem(s):
Unfortunately now I have several Python instances installed. One with Anaconda under user/anaconda and some under library/Python/
Now I need for a course to install PyML and PyBrain. I tried to it the "normal way". i.e. what is written on the webpage and as so often I get multiple errors during the installation.
Goal:
I'd like to have it under the Anaconda packages. Is there a way to do that?
If no: how can I get my other Python 3.6. installation to know the location of the Anaconda packages?
edit 12.08.17
The content of $PATH:
/Users/ak/anaconda/bin:/Users/ak/miniconda2/bin:/Users/ak/miniconda3/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/Users/ak/.rbenv/shims:/Library/Frameworks/EPD64.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Users/ak/Library/Application Support/GoodSync:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/Users/ak/.rvm/bin
edit 12.08.17 - 2:
When I try to "conda" this libraries this happens though I started it from the unzipped, downloaded PyML:
AKs-MacBook-Pro:PyML-0.7.14 ak$ conda install -c manmadescience pyml
Fetching package metadata ...........
PackageNotFoundError: Packages missing in current channels:
pyml
And when I do this: conda install -c manmadescience pyml (found here https://anaconda.org/manmadescience/pyml)
I get the same result.

Using pip version with Python 3.x alongside Python 2.x on Windows

My question is thoroughly based on this question. The big difference is I'm focusing on windows here. The answers/question provided there were for unix distributions.
I've ran Python 2.x for quite a while and have used pip with no problems.
Now I've installed python 3 but when I open the cmd prompt and pip install somemodule it tries to install it for python 2. How can I deal with this situation ?
Both Python's were installed with the Anaconda distribution so I believe both of them come with pip installed. Note: This info come from this question
EDIT:
Found this answer which addresses that issue.
But now when I try to run the command
pip3.5 install pymssql
or
pip-3.5 install pymssql
I get the error pip3.5 is an unknown command.
If I open cmd and type python I receive:
Python 3.5.1 Anaconda 4.0.0
so it shouldn't be a version problem
You will want to make sure you have the correct Anaconda environment activated, which it looks like you have in this case.
conda env list # Display the list of conda environments
In the Windows Command Prompt you should just need to use:
activate py35 # Or whatever your Python 3.5 environment is called. (Mine is root)
pip install pymssql
Instead of pip-3.5.
To install it in another environment (mine is called py27):
activate py27
pip install pymssql
I successfully used this command in both my Python 2.7 and 3.5 Anaconda environments.
To go back to your primary environment (root), just type activate without an environment name after it

How to install ipdb with Anaconda on Windows?

I already have Python 2.7 installed but I wanted to try IPython so I installed IPython via Anaconda as recommended on the ipython website (although not sure what the pros/cons of doing this are). Now I would like to use ipdb debugger. I guess I need to make sure it installs underneath the Anaconda version of python rather than the normal python.
How do I install this? In general if I want to install some arbitrary python module under Anaconda how do I do this?
Actually I think in the case of ipdb it's already installed with Anaconda. But in general it appears you can just install stuff via either pip or easy_install as necessary. The key that I was missing is to make sure you are using the pip/easy_install that comes with Anaconda (which are .bat files in the Scripts directory) rather than the system Python's pip/easy_install. So:
Anaconda\Scripts\easy_install somepackage
This will install somepackage in Anaconda\lib\site-packages\ and not in the system python. This appears to work and I can now import somepackage from my anaconda python. This seems to work. It wasn't clear to me from reading Anaconda documentation if everything needed to be in a conda package or not.
This answer seems to support this idea: Installing Anaconda into a Virtual Environment
Generally the first thing to check is whether someone else has already built it for your version of python and uploaded it to anaconda.org:
anaconda search -t conda ipdb
then find a repository with ipdb built for your OS, and try
conda install -c <repository> ipdb
e.g. conda install -c conda-forge ipdb
You might need to try a few different ones to find one built for your version of python. There is a feature request to make this easier.
If that doesn't work, then pip install ipdb will

How do I install pip on Windows?

pip is a replacement for easy_install. But should I install pip using easy_install on Windows? Is there a better way?
Python 3.4+ and 2.7.9+
Good news! Python 3.4 (released March 2014) and Python 2.7.9 (released December 2014) ship with Pip. This is the best feature of any Python release. It makes the community's wealth of libraries accessible to everyone. Newbies are no longer excluded from using community libraries by the prohibitive difficulty of setup. In shipping with a package manager, Python joins Ruby, Node.js, Haskell, Perl, Go—almost every other contemporary language with a majority open-source community. Thank you, Python.
If you do find that pip is not available, simply run ensurepip.
On Windows:
py -3 -m ensurepip
Otherwise:
python3 -m ensurepip
Of course, that doesn't mean Python packaging is problem solved. The experience remains frustrating. I discuss this in the Stack Overflow question Does Python have a package/module management system?.
Python 3 ≤ 3.3 and 2 ≤ 2.7.8
Flying in the face of its 'batteries included' motto, Python ships without a package manager. To make matters worse, Pip was—until recently—ironically difficult to install.
Official instructions
Per https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#do-i-need-to-install-pip:
Download get-pip.py, being careful to save it as a .py file rather than .txt. Then, run it from the command prompt:
python get-pip.py
You possibly need an administrator command prompt to do this. Follow Start a Command Prompt as an Administrator (Microsoft TechNet).
This installs the pip package, which (in Windows) contains ...\Scripts\pip.exe that path must be in PATH environment variable to use pip from the command line (see the second part of 'Alternative Instructions' for adding it to your PATH,
Alternative instructions
The official documentation tells users to install Pip and each of its dependencies from source. That's tedious for the experienced and prohibitively difficult for newbies.
For our sake, Christoph Gohlke prepares Windows installers (.msi) for popular Python packages. He builds installers for all Python versions, both 32 and 64 bit. You need to:
Install setuptools
Install pip
For me, this installed Pip at C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe. Find pip.exe on your computer, then add its folder (for example, C:\Python27\Scripts) to your path (Start / Edit environment variables). Now you should be able to run pip from the command line. Try installing a package:
pip install httpie
There you go (hopefully)! Solutions for common problems are given below:
Proxy problems
If you work in an office, you might be behind an HTTP proxy. If so, set the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy. Most Python applications (and other free software) respect these. Example syntax:
http://proxy_url:port
http://username:password#proxy_url:port
If you're really unlucky, your proxy might be a Microsoft NTLM proxy. Free software can't cope. The only solution is to install a free software friendly proxy that forwards to the nasty proxy. http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/
Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
Python modules can be partly written in C or C++. Pip tries to compile from source. If you don't have a C/C++ compiler installed and configured, you'll see this cryptic error message.
Error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
You can fix that by installing a C++ compiler such as MinGW or Visual C++. Microsoft actually ships one specifically for use with Python. Or try Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7.
Often though it's easier to check Christoph's site for your package.
-- Outdated -- use distribute, not setuptools as described here. --
-- Outdated #2 -- use setuptools as distribute is deprecated.
As you mentioned pip doesn't include an independent installer, but you can install it with its predecessor easy_install.
So:
Download the last pip version from here: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip#downloads
Uncompress it
Download the last easy installer for Windows: (download the .exe at the bottom of http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools ). Install it.
copy the uncompressed pip folder content into C:\Python2x\ folder (don't copy the whole folder into it, just the content), because python command doesn't work outside C:\Python2x folder and then run: python setup.py install
Add your python C:\Python2x\Scripts to the path
You are done.
Now you can use pip install package to easily install packages as in Linux :)
2014 UPDATE:
1) If you have installed Python 3.4 or later, pip is included with Python and should already be working on your system.
2) If you are running a version below Python 3.4 or if pip was not installed with Python 3.4 for some reason, then you'd probably use pip's official installation script get-pip.py. The pip installer now grabs setuptools for you, and works regardless of architecture (32-bit or 64-bit).
The installation instructions are detailed here and involve:
To install or upgrade pip, securely download get-pip.py.
Then run the following (which may require administrator access):
python get-pip.py
To upgrade an existing setuptools (or distribute), run pip install -U setuptools
I'll leave the two sets of old instructions below for posterity.
OLD Answers:
For Windows editions of the 64 bit variety - 64-bit Windows + Python used to require a separate installation method due to ez_setup, but I've tested the new distribute method on 64-bit Windows running 32-bit Python and 64-bit Python, and you can now use the same method for all versions of Windows/Python 2.7X:
OLD Method 2 using distribute:
Download distribute - I threw mine in C:\Python27\Scripts (feel free to create a Scripts directory if it doesn't exist.
Open up a command prompt (on Windows you should check out conemu2 if you don't use PowerShell) and change (cd) to the directory you've downloaded distribute_setup.py to.
Run distribute_setup: python distribute_setup.py (This will not work if your python installation directory is not added to your path - go here for help)
Change the current directory to the Scripts directory for your Python installation (C:\Python27\Scripts) or add that directory, as well as the Python base installation directory to your %PATH% environment variable.
Install pip using the newly installed setuptools: easy_install pip
The last step will not work unless you're either in the directory easy_install.exe is located in (C:\Python27\Scripts would be the default for Python 2.7), or you have that directory added to your path.
OLD Method 1 using ez_setup:
from the setuptools page --
Download ez_setup.py and run it; it will download the appropriate .egg file and install it for you. (Currently, the provided .exe installer does not support 64-bit versions of Python for Windows, due to a distutils installer compatibility issue.
After this, you may continue with:
Add c:\Python2x\Scripts to the Windows path (replace the x in Python2x with the actual version number you have installed)
Open a new (!) DOS prompt. From there run easy_install pip
2016+ Update:
These answers are outdated or otherwise wordy and difficult.
If you've got Python 3.4+ or 2.7.9+, it will be installed by default on Windows. Otherwise, in short:
Download the pip installer:
https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
If paranoid, inspect file to confirm it isn't malicious
(must b64 decode).
Open a console in the download folder as Admin and run
get-pip.py. Alternatively, right-click its icon in Explorer and choose the "run as Admin...".
The new binaries pip.exe (and the deprecated easy_install.exe) will be found in the "%ProgramFiles%\PythonXX\Scripts" folder (or similar), which is often not in your PATH variable. I recommend adding it.
Python 3.4, which was released in March 2014, comes with pip included:
http://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/3.4.html
So, since the release of Python 3.4, the up-to-date way to install pip on Windows is to just install Python.
The recommended way to use it is to call it as a module, especially with multiple python distributions or versions installed, to guarantee packages go to the correct place:
python -m pip install --upgrade packageXYZ
https://docs.python.org/3/installing/#work-with-multiple-versions-of-python-installed-in-parallel
When I have to use Windows, I use ActivePython, which automatically adds everything to your PATH and includes a package manager called PyPM which provides binary package management making it faster and simpler to install packages.
pip and easy_install aren't exactly the same thing, so there are some things you can get through pip but not easy_install and vice versa.
My recommendation is that you get ActivePython Community Edition and don't worry about the huge hassle of getting everything set up for Python on Windows. Then, you can just use pypm.
In case you want to use pip you have to check the PyPM option in the ActiveState installer. After installation you only need to logoff and log on again, and pip will be available on the commandline, because it is contained in the ActiveState installer PyPM option and the paths have been set by the installer for you already. PyPM will also be available, but you do not have to use it.
The up-to-date way is to use Windows' package manager Chocolatey.
Once this is installed, all you have to do is open a command prompt and run the following the three commands below, which will install Python 2.7, easy_install and pip. It will automatically detect whether you're on x64 or x86 Windows.
cinst python
cinst easy.install
cinst pip
All of the other Python packages on the Chocolatey Gallery can be found here.
Update March 2015
Python 2.7.9 and later (on the Python 2 series), and Python 3.4 and later include pip by default, so you may have pip already.
If you don't, run this one line command on your prompt (which may require administrator access):
python -c "exec('try: from urllib2 import urlopen \nexcept: from urllib.request import urlopen');f=urlopen('https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py').read();exec(f)"
It will install pip. If Setuptools is not already installed, get-pip.py will install it for you too.
As mentioned in comments, the above command will download code from the Pip source code repository at GitHub, and dynamically run it at your environment. So be noticed that this is a shortcut of the steps download, inspect and run, all with a single command using Python itself. If you trust Pip, proceed without doubt.
Be sure that your Windows environment variable PATH includes Python's folders (for Python 2.7.x default install: C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts, for Python 3.3x: C:\Python33 and C:\Python33\Scripts, and so on).
Installers
I've built Windows installers for both distribute and pip here (the goal being to use pip without having to either bootstrap with easy_install or save and run Python scripts):
distribute-0.6.27.win32.exe
pip-1.1.win32.exe
On Windows, simply download and install first distribute, then pip from the above links. The distribute link above does contain stub .exe installers, and these are currently 32-bit only. I haven't tested the effect on 64-bit Windows.
Building on Windows
The process to redo this for new versions is not difficult, and I've included it here for reference.
Building distribute
In order to get the stub .exe files, you need to have a Visual C++ compiler (it is apparently compilable with MinGW as well)
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute
cd distribute
hg checkout 0.6.27
rem optionally, comment out tag_build and tag_svn_revision in setup.cfg
msvc-build-launcher.cmd
python setup.py bdist_win32
cd ..
echo build is in distribute\dist
Building pip
git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip.git
cd pip
git checkout 1.1
python setup.py bdist_win32
cd ..
echo build is in pip\dist
The following works for Python 2.7. Save this script and launch it:
https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
Pip is installed, then add the path to your environment :
C:\Python27\Scripts
Finally
pip install virtualenv
Also you need Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express to get the good compiler and avoid these kind of messages when installing packages:
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
If you have a 64-bit version of Windows 7, you may read 64-bit Python installation issues on 64-bit Windows 7 to successfully install the Python executable package (issue with registry entries).
For the latest Python download - I have Python 3.6 on Windows. You don't have to wonder. Everything you need is there. Take a breath, and I will show you how to do it.
Make sure where you install Python. For me, it was in the following directory
Now, let’s add the Python and pip into environment variable path settings
if you are on Windows, so that typing pip or python anywhere call
python or pip from where they are installed.
So, PIP is found under the folder in the above screen "SCRIPTS"
Let's add Python and PIP in the environment variable path.
Almost done. Let's test with CMD to install the google package using pip.
pip install google
To install pip globally on Python 2.x, easy_install appears to be the best solution as Adrián states.
However the installation instructions for pip recommend using virtualenv since every virtualenv has pip installed in it automatically. This does not require root access or modify your system Python installation.
Installing virtualenv still requires easy_install though.
2018 update:
Python 3.3+ now includes the venv module for easily creating virtual environments like so:
python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment
See documentation for different platform methods of activating the environment after creation, but typically one of:
$ source <venv>/bin/activate
C:\> <venv>\Scripts\activate.bat
To use pip, it is not mandatory that you need to install pip in the system directly. You can use it through virtualenv. What you can do is follow these steps:
Download virtualenv tar.gz file from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
Unzip it with 7zip or some other tool
We normally need to install Python packages for one particular project. So, now create a project folder, let’s say myproject.
Copy the virtualenv.py file from the decompressed folder of virtualenv, and paste inside the myproject folder
Now create a virtual environment, let’s say myvirtualenv as follows, inside the myproject folder:
python virtualenv.py myvirtualenv
It will show you:
New python executable in myvirtualenv\Scripts\python.exe
Installing setuptools....................................done.
Installing pip.........................done.
Now your virtual environment, myvirtualenv, is created inside your project folder. You might notice, pip is now installed inside you virtual environment. All you need to do is activate the virtual environment with the following command.
myvirtualenv\Scripts\activate
You will see the following at the command prompt:
(myvirtualenv) PATH\TO\YOUR\PROJECT\FOLDER>pip install package_name
Now you can start using pip, but make sure you have activated the virtualenv looking at the left of your prompt.
This is one of the easiest way to install pip i.e. inside virtual environment, but you need to have virtualenv.py file with you.
For more ways to install pip/virtualenv/virtualenvwrapper, you can refer to thegauraw.tumblr.com.
Updated at 2016 : Pip should already be included in Python 2.7.9+ or 3.4+, but if for whatever reason it is not there, you can use the following one-liner.
Download https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and run it with Administrator permission python get-pip.py (If you are on Linux, use sudo python get-pip.py)
PS:
This should already be satisfied in most cases but, if necessary, be sure that your environment variable PATH includes Python's folders (for example, Python 2.7.x on Windows default install: C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts, for Python 3.3x: C:\Python33 and C:\Python33\Scripts, etc)
I encounter same problem and then found such perhaps easiest way (one liner!) mentioned on official website here: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html
Can't believe there are so many lengthy (perhaps outdated?) answers out there. Feeling thankful to them but, please up-vote this short answer to help more new comers!
I just wanted to add one more solution for those having issues installing setuptools from Windows 64-bit. The issue is discussed in this bug on python.org and is still unresolved as of the date of this comment. A simple workaround is mentioned and it works flawlessly. One registry change did the trick for me.
Link: http://bugs.python.org/issue6792#
Solution that worked for me...:
Add this registry setting for 2.6+ versions of Python:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.6\InstallPath]
#="C:\\Python26\\"
This is most likely the registry setting you will already have for Python 2.6+:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\InstallPath]
#="C:\\Python26\\"
Clearly, you will need to replace the 2.6 version with whatever version of Python you are running.
The best way I found so far, is just two lines of code:
curl http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py | python
curl https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py | python
It was tested on Windows 8 with PowerShell, Cmd, and Git Bash (MinGW).
And you probably want to add the path to your environment. It's somewhere like C:\Python33\Scripts.
PythonXY comes with pip included, among others.
I use the cross-platform Anaconda package manager from continuum.io on Windows and it is reliable. It has virtual environment management and a fully featured shell with common utilities (e.g. conda, pip).
> conda install <package> # access distributed binaries
> pip install <package> # access PyPI packages
conda also comes with binaries for libraries with non-Python dependencies, e.g. pandas, numpy, etc. This proves useful particularly on Windows as it can be hard to correctly compile C dependencies.
Here how to install pip the easy way.
Copy and paste this content in a file as get-pip.py.
Copy and paste get-pip.py into the Python folder.C:\Python27.
Double click on get-pip.py file. It will install pip on your computer.
Now you have to add C:\Python27\Scripts path to your environment variable. Because it includes the pip.exe file.
Now you are ready to use pip. Open cmd and type as pip install package_name
I had some issues installing in different ways when I followed instructions here. I think it's very tricky to install in every Windows environment in the same way. In my case I need Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3 in the same machine for different purposes so that's why I think there're more problems.
But the following instructions worked perfectly for me, so might be depending on your environment you should try this one:
http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/win/
Also, due to the different environments I found incredible useful to use Virtual Environments, I had websites that use different libraries and it's much better to encapsulate them into a single folder, check out the instructions, briefly if PIP is installed you just install VirtualEnv:
pip install virtualenv
Into the folder you have all your files run
virtualenv venv
And seconds later you have a virtual environment with everything in venv folder, to activate it run venv/Scripts/activate.bat (deactivate the environment is easy, use deactivate.bat). Every library you install will end up in venv\Lib\site-packages and it's easy to move your whole environment somewhere.
The only downside I found is some code editors can't recognize this kind of environments, and you will see warnings in your code because imported libraries are not found. Of course there're tricky ways to do it but it would be nice editors keep in mind Virtual Environments are very normal nowadays.
Hope it helps.
Download script: https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
Save it on drive somewhere like C:\pip-script\get-pip.py
Navigate to that path from command prompt and run " python get-pip.py "
Guide link: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#install-pip
Note: Make sure scripts path like this (C:\Python27\Scripts) is added int %PATH% environment variable as well.
It's very simple:
Step 1: wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
Step 2: wget https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
Step 2: python ez_setup.py
Step 3: python get-pip.py
(Make sure your Python and Python script directory (for example, C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts) are in the PATH.)
Working as of Feb 04 2014 :):
If you have tried installing pip through the Windows installer file from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pip as suggested by #Colonel Panic, you might have installed the pip package manager successfully, but you might be unable to install any packages with pip. You might also have got the same SSL error as I got when I tried to install Beautiful Soup 4 if you look in the pip.log file:
Downloading/unpacking beautifulsoup4
Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/beautifulsoup4/
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/beautifulsoup4/: **connection error: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:504: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed**
Will skip URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/beautifulsoup4/ when looking for download links for beautifulsoup4
The problem is an issue with an old version of OpenSSL being incompatible with pip 1.3.1 and above versions. The easy workaround for now, is to install pip 1.2.1, which does not require SSL:
Installing Pip on Windows:
Download pip 1.2.1 from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.2.1.tar.gz
Extract the pip-1.2.1.tar.gz file
Change directory to the extracted folder: cd <path to extracted folder>/pip-1.2.1
Run python setup.py install
Now make sure C:\Python27\Scripts is in PATH because pip is installed in the C:\Python27\Scripts directory unlike C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages where Python packages are normally installed
Now try to install any package using pip.
For example, to install the requests package using pip, run this from cmd:
pip install requests
Whola! requests will be successfully installed and you will get a success message.
Simple CMD way
Use CURL to download get-pip.py:
curl --http1.1 https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
Execute the downloaded Python file
python get-pip.py
Then add C:\Python37\Scripts path to your environment variable. It assumes that there is a Python37 folder in your C drive. That folder name may vary according to the installed Python version
Now you can install Python packages by running
pip install awesome_package_name
Installing Pip for Python 2 and Python 3
Download get-pip.py to a folder on your computer.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder containing get-pip.py.
Run the following command:python get-pip.py, python3 get-pip.py or python3.6 get-pip.py, depending on which version of Python you want to install pip
Pip should be now installed!
Old answer (still valid)
Try:
python -m ensurepip
It's probably the easiest way to install pip on any system.
If you even have other problems with the pip version, you can try this:
pip install --trusted-host pypi.python.org --upgrade pip
pip is already installed if you're using Python 2 >= 2.7.9 or Python 3 >= 3.4 binaries downloaded from python.org, but you'll need to upgrade pip.
On Windows, the upgrade can be done easily:
Go to a Python command line and run the below Python command
python -m pip install -U pip
Installing with get-pip.py
Download get-pip.py in the same folder or any other folder of your choice. I am assuming you will download it in the same folder from where you have the python.exe file and run this command:
python get-pip.py
Pip's installation guide is pretty clean and simple.
Using this, you should be able to get started with Pip in under two minutes.
Now, it is bundled with Python. You don't need to install it.
pip -V
This is how you can check whether pip is installed or not.
In rare cases, if it is not installed, download the get-pip.py file and run it with Python as
python get-pip.py
I think the question makes it seem like the answer is simpler than it really is.
Running of pip will sometimes require native compilation of a module (64-bit NumPy is a common example of that). In order for pip's compilation to succeed, you need Python which was compiled with the same version of Microsoft Visual C++ as the one pip is using.
Standard Python distributions are compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008. You can install an Express version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, but it is not maintained. Your best bet is to get an express version of a later Microsoft Visual C++ and compile Python. Then PIP and Python will be using the same Microsoft Visual C++ version.
Just download setuptools-15.2.zip (md5), from here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#windows-simplified , and run ez_setup.py.

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