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Python Django Basics Say Hello to Django Installing Django

Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Posted by Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

pip install django not working

When I type

''' python pip django install '''

I get the following error

File "<stdin>", line 1 pip install django ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. I am using my Windows Command Prompt, and I'm in python. I have just installed latest version of Python, which I think comes with pip.

1 Answer

John Lindsey
John Lindsey
15,641 Points
John Lindsey
John Lindsey
15,641 Points

I think you just need to type "pip install django" straight into the command prompt (I'm on a mac, and I just typed "pip3 install django" internal the terminal [without python open]and it told me I had it already install because I installed it at an earlier date [just wanted to check to make sure it would bring this up to make sure I was correct]. The reason I used pip3 is because I have python 2 and python 3 and I need to specify which one.) Let me know if this helps.

Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

Thanks for your reply John, I'm on Windows. I just sorted the problem, I think I needed to modify my PATH to Python to include Scripts.