On Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 10:28:00 AM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 3/10/2018 12:23 PM, GISDude wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm hoping someone could help a wannabe python coder out. I'm an aspiring > > Data/AI/ML coder/programmer/datafiend - that might help with my situation. > > > > In my various fits of python downloads, I've managed to download Anaconda, > > Anaconda is a cpython distribution that comes with various 3rd party > modules pre-installed. > > > Pyscripter, > > I am not familiar with this. > > > IDLE(3.6/32 AND 64bit), IDLE 2.7. > > If you are on Windows, you did not download 'IDLE'. You downloaded > various versions of CPython from PSF that include the corresponding > versions of IDLE, with its integrated shell and editor, but not the 3rd > party modules included with Anaconda. > > If you are just starting with Python, and do not work somewhere that > uses 2.7, I would ignore 2.7. Unless you absolutely need the 32 bit > version, I delete it. > > > I'm having a problem using pip: > > 1. Does one have to use pip in the commandline? > > Yes, use command line programs in a command line console/window. > > > Why can't I use pip while in IDLE > > Would you expect to use pip in MS Excel? If you type 'python' at a > command line, and get the '>>>' REPL prompt (google REPL), then your > input goes to the python interpreter, which only accepts python > statements. The same is true in the IDLE Shell, and when you run python > code in the editor. > > [Some 3rd party IDEs have a front end for PIP. I wanted to add this for > IDLE but the project was vetoed when partly done.] > > > 2. For some unknown reason, I have "defaulted" to use IDLE python 3.6, 32 > > bit version. > > The order of installation, choices you made during installation, and how > you start python. (With just one python installed, there would be no > problem.) Read the first chapter of > https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html and the chapter for your OS > (which you should have specified ;-) > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy
Many thanks Terry. I'm back to the proverbial drawing board. On a side note, I'm uninstalling ANACONDA and re-installing. Seems like the whold 400mb of the win executable is missing a bunch of stuff. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
