I'm trying to use pip to install a package. I try to run pip install from the Python shell, but I get a SyntaxError. Why do I get this error? How do I use pip to install the package?
>>> pip install selenium
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
pip is run from the command line, not the Python interpreter. It is a program that installs modules, so you can use them from Python. Once you have installed the module, then you can open the Python shell and do import selenium.
The Python shell is not a command line, it is an interactive interpreter. You type Python code into it, not commands.
Use the command line, not the Python shell (DOS, PowerShell in Windows).
C:\Program Files\Python2.7\Scripts> pip install XYZ
If you installed Python into your PATH using the latest installers, you don't need to be in that folder to run pip
Terminal in Mac or Linux
$ pip install XYZ
As #sinoroc suggested correct way of installing a package via pip is using separate process since pip may cause closing a thread or may require a restart of interpreter to load new installed package so this is the right way of using the API: subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'SomeProject']) but since Python allows to access internal API and you know what you're using the API for you may want to use internal API anyway eg. if you're building own GUI package manager with alternative resourcess like https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
Following soulution is OUT OF DATE, instead of downvoting suggest updates. see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7498 for reference.
UPDATE: Since pip version 10.x there is no more get_installed_distributions() or main method under import pip instead use import pip._internal as pip.
UPDATE ca. v.18 get_installed_distributions() has been removed. Instead you may use generator freeze like this:
from pip._internal.operations.freeze import freeze
print([package for package in freeze()])
# eg output ['pip==19.0.3']
If you want to use pip inside the Python interpreter, try this:
import pip
package_names=['selenium', 'requests'] #packages to install
pip.main(['install'] + package_names + ['--upgrade'])
# --upgrade to install or update existing packages
If you need to update every installed package, use following:
import pip
for i in pip.get_installed_distributions():
pip.main(['install', i.key, '--upgrade'])
If you want to stop installing other packages if any installation fails, use it in one single pip.main([]) call:
import pip
package_names = [i.key for i in pip.get_installed_distributions()]
pip.main(['install'] + package_names + ['--upgrade'])
Note: When you install from list in file with -r / --requirement parameter you do NOT need open() function.
pip.main(['install', '-r', 'filename'])
Warning: Some parameters as simple --help may cause python interpreter to stop.
Curiosity: By using pip.exe you actually use python interpreter and pip module anyway. If you unpack pip.exe or pip3.exe regardless it's python 2.x or 3.x, inside is the SAME single file __main__.py:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
import sys
from pip import main
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw?|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
sys.exit(main())
To run pip in Python 3.x, just follow the instructions on Python's page: Installing Python Modules.
python -m pip install SomePackage
Note that this is run from the command line and not the python shell (the reason for syntax error in the original question).
I installed python and when I run pip command it used to throw me an error like shown in pic below.
Make Sure pip path is added in environmental variables. For me, the python and pip installation path is::
Python: C:\Users\fhhz\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\
pip: C:\Users\fhhz\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts
Both these paths were added to path in environmental variables.
Now Open a new cmd window and type pip, you should be seeing a screen as below.
Now type pip install <<package-name>>. Here I'm installing package spyder so my command line statement will be as pip install spyder and here goes my running screen..
and I hope we are done with this!!
you need to type it in cmd not in the IDLE. becuse IDLE is not an command prompt if you want to install something from IDLE type this
>>>from pip.__main__ import _main as main
>>>main(#args splitted by space in list example:['install', 'requests'])
this is calling pip like pip <commands> in terminal. The commands will be seperated by spaces that you are doing there to.
If you are doing it from command line,
try -
python -m pip install selenium
or (for Python3 and above)
python3 -m pip install selenium
I am working on developing a python package. I use pip freeze > requirements.txt to add the required package into the requirement.txt file. However, I realized that some of the packages, instead of the package version, have some path in front of them.
numpy==1.19.0
packaging==20.4
pandas # file:///opt/concourse/worker/volumes/live/38d1301c-8fa9-4d2f-662e-34dddf33b183/volume/pandas_1592841668171/work
pandocfilters==1.4.2
Whereas, inside the environment, I get:
>>> pandas.__version__
'1.0.5'
Do you have any idea how to address this problem?
It looks like this is an open issue with pip freeze in version 20.1, the current workaround is to use:
pip list --format=freeze > requirements.txt
In a nutshell, this is caused by changing the behavior of pip freeze to include direct references for distributions installed from direct URL references.
You can read more about the issue on GitHub:
pip freeze does not show version for in-place installs
Output of "pip freeze" and "pip list --format=freeze" differ for packages installed via Direct URLs
Better freeze of distributions installed from direct URL references
I'm working on my first python package, so I'm new with all this.
I have my own setup package which I install through pip install git+<URL>.git.
When I try to upgrade it with the --upgrade flag, it always get reinstalled, even if I haven't changed the version in my setup.py file.
Does anyone know why this is happening? o maybe have a better approach to this?
I have made my research before asking, but I think this is a very specific problem.
I have tried in a venv and out.
python 3.7, pip 19.2, setuptools 40.8
# setup.py
from test import __version__
from setuptools import find_packages, setup
setup(
name="test",
version=__version__,
packages=find_packages(),
)
I expect to get something similar to:
Requirement already up-to-date: test in ./<cwd>/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (0.0.1)
but instead I get this:
Installing collected packages: test
Found existing installation: test 0.0.1
Uninstalling test-0.0.1:
Successfully uninstalled test-0.0.1
Running setup.py install for test ... done
Successfully installed test-0.0.1
Reading the documentation it seems like the expected behaviour to me.
Note that if a satisfactory version of the package is already installed, the VCS source will not overwrite it without an --upgrade flag.
Read a somewhat related discussion here:
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/2837
Looks like pip does upgrades in a much more binary fashion when VCS is involved. It seems to always upgrade when --upgrade is set and never when it's not set.
You could try the work-around that is suggested in this discussion, but be aware of its side effects (for example, you will have a full clone of the git repository on your file system):
pip install --editable --upgrade git://somewhere/something.git
Since yesterday I've had this error when I try to import packages on anaconda :
ImportError: Missing required dependencies ['numpy']
I have tried un-installing Anaconda and Python, switching to Python 2.7 but nothing works it's still the same error, here is the code I get :
Any help is really appreciated thanks !
I had this same issue immediately after upgrading pandas to 0.19.2. I fixed it with the following install/uninstall sequence from the windows cmd line:
pip uninstall pandas -y
pip uninstall numpy -y
pip install pandas
pip install numpy
This also broke my matplotlib install so I uninstalled/installed that as well.
Very odd behavior for a seemingly routine upgrade.
What happens if you try to import numpy?
Have you tried'
pip install --upgrade numpy
pip install --upgrade pandas
I had to install this other package:
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev
Seems like it is a dependency for numpy but the pip or apt-get don't install it automatically for whatever reason.
I had this problem with last version of numpy 1.16.x
Problem resolved with
python3 -m pip uninstall numpy
python3 -m pip install numpy==1.14.0
Did you install miniconda and pandas without dependencies?
Try installing numpy first with conda install numpy or pip install numpy.
If you're on Windows you can get pre-compiled versions of most libraries that require compilation from here.
On Windows 10 Anaconda3-5.3.0-Windows-x86_64 I had the Missing required dependencies ['numpy'] error when running scripts as so, %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\python.exe pandas_script_foo.py.
In my case the error was caused by missing Anaconda package PATH definitions when running Anaconda python.exe in a windows cmd.exe session. The numpy package is not missing. It just can't be found on the PATH.
The Anaconda installation includes windows shortcuts that give examples of configuring the PATH per script run. See the shortcuts in the %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Anaconda3 (64-bit) directory for examples.
See the %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\cwp.py script to see how Anaconda configures PATH.
Below is an example windows BAT file that calls cwp.py to setup PATH, and then run a python script. Its a copy of the commands the Anaconda jupyter-lab shortcut executes.
%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\python.exe ^
%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\cwp.py ^
%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3 ^
%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\python.exe ^
%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Scripts\jupyter-lab-script.py
If you need to execute python scripts on Anaconda with the conveniance of running a BAT file, the above BAT file example should do the trick.
The data manipulation capabilities of pandas are built on top of the numpy library. In a way, numpy is a dependency of the pandas library. If you want to use pandas, you have to make sure you also have numpy. When you install pandas using pip, it automatically installs numpy. If it doesn't, try the following
pip install -U numpy pandas
For conda
conda install numpy pandas
I also faced the same issue. It happened to me after I upgraded my numpy library.
It was resolved in my case by upgrading my pandas library as well after upgrading my numpy library using the below command:
pip install --upgrade pandas
Try:
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev
It should work now.
Else, try uninstall and reinstall numpy and pandas.
I had the same issue. It was because I had multiple versions of numpy installed. Remove all versions by repeatedly using:
pip uninstall numpy
Then re-install it with the command:
pip install numpy
First, try to import numpy on it's own, like so:
import numpy as np
I got this message:
ImportError: Something is wrong with the numpy installation. While importing
we detected an older version of numpy in
['/home/michael/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/numpy']. One method of
fixing this is to repeatedly uninstall numpy until none is found, then
reinstall this version.
So do what it says, keep uninstalling numpy until there is none, and then reinstall.
This worked for me.
I had the same issue while using Microsoft Visual Code with Python 3.7.3 64-bit('base':conda)as my python interpreter. Before running any code type the following three commands:
C:/ProgramData/Anaconda3/Scripts/activate #activate conda Scripts directory
conda activate base #activate conda
& C:/ProgramData/Anaconda3/python.exe #to run python
I have same problem.
I have got two version of numpy 1.16.6 and 1.15.4, fresh installed pandas did not work correctly.
I fixed it by uninstalling all versions of numpy and pandas and install the last versions.
$ pip uninstall numpy pandas -y
Uninstalling numpy-1.16.6:
Successfully uninstalled numpy-1.16.6
Uninstalling pandas-0.24.2:
Successfully uninstalled pandas-0.24.2
$ pip uninstall numpy pandas -y
Uninstalling numpy-1.15.4:
Successfully uninstalled numpy-1.15.4
Cannot uninstall requirement pandas, not installed
$ pip uninstall numpy pandas -y
Cannot uninstall requirement numpy, not installed
$ pip install numpy pandas
I had the same issue with anaconda package, it got updated.
anaconda {4.3.1 -> custom} ## I am not sure if this was the issue
Hit below command to know
conda list --revisions
what i did is just uninstall pandas with conda and re-install it
conda install pandas
Some new libs may also get installed with it.
It worked for me hope will do the same for you.
Uninstall all pip packages that you're having problems with. Manually remove all site-packages files. If you're using MacPorts, sudo port clean .
Then try reinstalling. Sometimes, there are files that should have been removed, but weren't if the installation was abruptly interrupted or something.
There could be an issue with conflicting versions of the package(s), as well as potentially issues with Pathing. Are you sure you've set the correct Path for your binaries? (/opt/local/bin, /anaconda2/bin, etc.)
Another issue could be some PYTHONPATH that's explicitly looking in the wrong place for the file.
I had a same issue recently with Anaconda with Python 3.7.
I solved this problem by downgrading python version to 3.6:
conda install python=3.6
and then by updating all the packages:
conda update --all
pandas is built on top of numpy so you need to have numpy to use the data manipulation feature, so install numpy first.
pip install numpy
This worked in my anaconda environment, but I do not know why conda does not work. For some reason conda uninstall was not sufficient. This only worked with conda remove.
conda remove pandas
conda remove numpy
conda install pip
pip install pandas
*With help from this answer
This raises the following import warning in python 3.6 and 3.7:
ImportWarning: can't resolve package from __spec__ or __package__, falling back on __name__ and __path__
If you with to ignore this warning (and maybe other ImportWarnings), add the following to your script before importing pandas:
import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=ImportWarning, module='_bootstrap.py')
In my case even though I was using the above options of uninstall and installing using pip the code was still giving me same errors.
Finally, I created a vritual environment and Installed numpy and pandas using pip in my virtual env. Now the code is running.
Steps: for Anaconda3 - Please change according to your installation type:
[if you dont have virtual env package installed]
$ pip install virtualenv
[from command prompt go to the directory by c:\anadonda3\scripts
[write the following command to use virtual env to create a virtual env for you in your desired location]
$virtualenv c:\anaconda3\envs\my_virtual_env
[once created you will have to activate your virtual env]
$c:\anaconda3\envs\my_virtual_env\scripts activate
[now pip install numpy and pandas and other required packages using pip]
[once installations are done exit from the virtual env]
$c:\anaconda3\envs\my_virtual_env\scripts deactivate
now use the python.exe inside your virtual env folder to run the script and it will run even with python 3.7.
I am using Win10 and Conda, and this issue just append to me when upgrading python 3.7.2-h8c8aaf0_0 --> 3.7.2-h8c8aaf0_2.
I solved it by return to the previous version with
conda install python=3.7.2=h8c8aaf0_0
If you're running your program on PyCharm on Windows, there is a known bug, because PyCharm simply doesn't add env-related paths to PATH.
The issue is fixed in the 2019.1 Early Access Preview (EAP) build.
For me installing the EAP fixed the issue.
nothing worked for me ... except when I found this
I suspect that you have a local file called unittest.py that is getting imported instead of the standard module.
I was trying to upgrade my anaconda 2 with anaconda 3. I tried installing Anaconda3-2018.12-Windows-x86 and Anaconda3-2019.03-Windows-x86_64 on my Windows 10 machine and failed with this error. For me, using Anaconda3-4.4.0-Windows-x86_64 for anaconda 3 worked the trick after trying everything listed in answers here.
I fixed this using Anaconda by going to Environments > base(root), searching for numpy in the installed modules and clicking the tickbox alongside it and choosing > Mark for specific version installation > 1.14.0 (as suggested by another user on this thread). Then clicking Apply. Once it downgraded numpy I stopped getting errors when running py files on the command line.
Throughout this saga, I was still able to use https://pypi.org/project/auto-py-to-exe/ even when I was getting the numpy errors on the command line, but it was a hassle to create an exe every time I wanted to test a change. It's all sorted now. I guess there was a problem with numpy 1.16.4.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone who's using Anaconda as well.
The following worked for me.
Deleted the folders for numpy and pandas together with their contents completely from the site-packages folder. Check depending on whether you are using python2 or python3. Check the exact path as per your machine.
N.B handle with care "rm -rf" command. If you are not sure of what you are doing, please do it manually using any file explorer of your choice!!
rm -rf ~/anaconda2/envs/myenv/lib/pythonX/site-packages/pandas*
rm -rf ~/anaconda2/envs/myenv/lib/pythonX/site-packages/numpy*
Then i installed clean packages for pandas and numpy as usual with
pip install numpy
pip install pandas
I've got the same error recently. Before applying uninstall or install tools, try to update your Jupyter.
How? Go to 'Environments' and type on the Search Packages box 'pandas'. Afterwards, check the version (if that column shows a blue number with a diagonal arrow, it means that your pandas is out of date). Click on 'pandas' and a option will pop up (choose 'Apply' and wait for a couple of minutes to update the package). And then, make a quick test on any notebook to make sure that your Jupyter is running smoothly.
For those who couldn't solve with the above answers:
Ensure that you are running python3 with
$ python version
If not, install python3.
Then change default python to python3 with
$ alias python=python3
Next, close your jupyter lab/notebook environment and re-launch it with default python being python3.
build_exe_options = {"packages": ["os",'pandas','numpy']}
It works.
you are running python 3.7
create environment for python 3.6
python3.6 filename.py
I need to use requests in my code but it says that it's not installed. I get the following error: No module named 'requests'. It's actually installed and works in python 2.7: Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): requests in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages. I searched a lot and tried to reinstall it, to download missing libraries, and etc... but nothing helped. How can I make it work on python 3.5 ?
Python 2 and 3 (and their packages) can be installed and co-exist independently of one another. I would suggest using pip as the best way to install Python packages (and keep them up-to-date).
Install pip for Python 3 – using one of the following methods:
easy_install (may be available as easy_install-3.5),
the distribution package manager (if running GNU/Linux) or
python -m ensurepip (thanks, Mark Dickinson)
Use pip to install the requests module:
pip3 install requests
You can even place the "requests" Folder (https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/tree/master/requests) next to your "script.py" and import requests from any script within the folder containing the requests folder > root
--> requests
----> init.py
----> [more]
--> script.py
script.py can now import requests as always
The fastest and shortest answer would just be to do
pip install requests
And if you encounter a error try doing
sudo pip install requests
More info on this module can be found here
https://pypi.org/project/requests/