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How do I run a program installed with pip in windows?

I installed a program with pip (e.g. simple-plotter) in windows using the following command:

py -m pip install simple-plotter

How do I run the program I installed? In Linux, I can just type the command in a terminal, but if I type in windows, I get a "not recognized as an internal or external command" or if I run in Python I get a "No module named" error.

Solution

  • I think the error occurs because the Scripts folder is not on PATH in the environment variables, while in Linux it probably is (I don't know a lot of Linux so I don't know how environment variables work there, anyway):

    the best way to solve this is by adding the Scripts python folder to PATH: In my case it is C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Scripts

    So, press WIN(windows key) + PAUSE_BREAK(near print screen key) something like this should open

    Then click on Advanced System Configuration (Sorry if it's not accurate, my system is in portuguese)

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    After that click in Environment Variables

    click on path and then edit

    Then, select Path and click edit

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    Click in new, add the path and hit the OKs

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