Cant install pandas

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In the command prompt I keep getting this error trying to install pandas with pip:

‘pip’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

This should be really simple, what am I missing?

Thanks!

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try pip3 install pandas - it’s very possible it didn’t create the pip link.
If that doesn’t work, it’s possible you don’t have pip installed. The installation instructions are at
https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/

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That looks like a Windows error message; are you on Windows?

If so, does the py command work, which is the Python launcher which
should be installed with Python.

If it does, try:

 py -m pip install pandas
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Thanks so much this worked!

5

Now that I’ve installed pandas, how do I open ipython? I’m following a lecture but he opens ipython via pandas through a dropbox path on his D: drive. I cant find ipython anywhere and hes opened it up on his command line.

Thanks!

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Also on Windows (which I use with Python) make sure your path is set up correctly to both the python exe file and the python libraries.

And using an environment is a must. I use virtualenv. It’s pretty easy. But you must have one directory for each project, and when you go to that directory you must activate the dev environment there.

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Try:

 py -m pip install ipython

See this page and its friends: Installing IPython — IPython