Pip.exe is already installed. How do I use it?

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I've seen on several websites to go to a "command prompt" and type in "python get-pip.exe". I don't have a file that is labeled as "get-pip.exe" so I am not sure where this is coming from. I have pip.exe, pip3.exe, and pip34.exe. I don't know how to do the "path" change that is discussed on several forums either. I am using Windows PowerShell as a "command prompt", but I do not know how to "run" pip.exe in it.

Update: The below Stack Overflow is what I was going on for "get-pip.exe" How do I install pip on Windows?

What websites tell you to do that command, we need more context. — Scott Chamberlain, Sep 07 '14 at 23:13
`get-pip.exe` is never mentioned in that question nor in any of the answers. `get-pip.py` is there, but that is a python script not a program. As to how to use `pip.exe` what [in the documentation](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip) do you not understand that made you come here and ask your question? — Scott Chamberlain, Sep 08 '14 at 01:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '14 at 05:48

If you have pip.exe already, then all you need is to modify your PATH so that pip.exe is in it and then you'll be able to run pip commands. You can do something like this:

$Env:PATH += ";" + "C:\Python34\Scripts\"

Or, if you want to make the change permanently, you can do it this way:

$Scope = "User"
$ScopePath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $Scope)
$ScopePath += ";" + "C:\Python34\Scripts\"
$Env:PATH += ";" + "C:\Python34\Scripts\" # also change the current process
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $ScopePath, $Scope)

From an elevated PowerShell window, you can use $Scope = "Machine"

Regardless of which of those you do, you should now be able to pip list or pip install lxlml etc.

Pip.exe is already installed. How do I use it?

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