pip install Flask Flask-SQLAlchemy
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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Tha said, it looks like you’re running the command:
pip install Flask Flask-SQLAlchemy
at Python’s interqctive >>> prommpt. But this is a shell command, not
Python syntax.
Exit the Python prompt and get to a command prompt and retry your pip
command.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson cs@cskk.id.au
Hello!
Running in this terminal is the Python language interpreter, and the interpreter is used to execute Python statements.
However, the function of your command is to run the pip module, not a program statement that conforms to Python syntax. If you want to run this command correctly, you just need to run it directly in the terminal(like the cmd or powershell for Windows) of the operating system (provided you add the Python path to the environment variable).
e.g.:
$ pip install Flask Flask-SQLAlchemy
Or this:
$ python3 -m pip install Flask Flask-SQLAlchemy
The -m parameter means calling the main function of the pip module, so you can also run it correctly😋.
Please see:
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