Compiling python project

this is my first time on posting a thread on stackoverflow, but I have used this many times in the past. I am having a problem when compiling my python files. I have looked many times on here and on other sites on how to do this and I keep getting the same answers. For some reason, on my computer, I cannot run/install pip. Whenever I try to install pip by using the python command, it is not recognized. I saw a thread on here about using 'py' instead of 'python', this is accepted as a command but when I try to install pip it just errors. I have installed python several times and have also repaired it several times, but nothing seems to work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

which python

where *python

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Welcome to stackoverflow!

this is an image i took from a website if you would like to use PIP

the website: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#ensure-you-can-run-pip-from-the-command-line

I took a look at the directory that you specified in your comment. Pip is not an executable file there, but rather is python source code. What I found that worked and allowed me to run Pip successfully was to import Pip as a module within the system Python environment. Then run Python specifying Pip as a loaded module using the -m flag to call pip as an executable with its own arguments (e.g. C:Users>python -m pip --version). The steps to set this up are included below:

-m

C:Users>python -m pip --version

Step 1: Verify that Python is installed and is added to your PATH variable

From cmd, run the command: C:Users> where python. You should be returned a file path to the executable for Python.

C:Users> where python

If instead you receive an error message that says the following: "INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s)." that means that Python is not added to your $PATH variable (See below for details on how to configure your PATH variable.

Step 2: Add Pip source code as a module within Python

C:Users> python

import pip

exit()

Step 3: Validate that pip can be used as a module within Python

Run the following command to check Pip's version as a validation that Pip and Python are configured correctly: C:Users> python -m pip --version

C:Users> python -m pip --version

Validate that you are returned a version number

Configuring PATH environment variable (Windows 10)

If you don't already have a 'PATH' variable defined, click 'new' and define a name of 'PATH' and add in the file path to the Python executable as the variable's value.

Close any active Command Prompts! After making changes to your PATH variable,you will need to close any active sessions in order to allow the update PATH variable to be propagated within the session.

Open a new Command Prompt window and run the command: C:Users> where python to verify that the your changes were made correctly, and that they have fully propagated within the system.

C:Users> where python

pip --version

C:WindowsSystem32>py -m pip --version

C:WindowsSystem32>py -m pip [filename]

pyinstaller snake.py

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