Pip returns nothing in Windows command line

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votes

Pip command returns nothing. I enter $ pip [command] and all I get back is a new line without any instructions running.

Input:

C:/Python34/Scripts> pip

Result:

C:/Python34/Scripts>

I have tried $ pip --verbose - same result. Nothing works. I have correctly placed Python34 and Scripts folder in the Path.

%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\12.0\DLLShared\;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Python34;C:\Python34\Scripts

Python runs fine in command line.

  • Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
  • Python 3.4
  • Running Command Prompt as Administrator

Please help :(

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pythonwindowspython-3.xinstallationpip
Are you actually running a pip command, or just calling 'pip'? Try running pip -h to get a list of commands. If that also just returns a newline, I'd imagine your pip install is not complete or correct. - Darendal
As I stated before, I ran pip [command] -- doesn't matter what pip command I enter -- the result is the same. How could I have a bad installation of pip? I installed Python 3.4 yesterday on this machine. - Antonio Nogueras
Can you try running pip through python, instead of as a stand-alone? Try running from C:\Python34 the command python -m pip -V to see if that returns a pip version number. - Darendal
Thanks for getting back to me. I receive: "pip 7.1.0 from C:\Python34\lib\site-packages <pythong 3.4>" - Antonio Nogueras
You should be able to run py -3.4 -m pip install some_package without any directory added to PATH. As to your pip.exe, something is clearly wrong but without a debugger such as windbg or cdb you'll be hard pressed to diagnose the problem. - Eryk Sun

1 Answers

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Hey for anyone who is having trouble getting the code that worked for Antonio to run in Python 3.5 run the following python -m pip install some_package

I had the same problem as antonio so changing the code to the above worked for me.