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I'm a little lost on how to get pyodbc installed in my computer. I have python 3.6.1 The link http://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000011656 pointed me to another link https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc

Which is vague. I'm used to downloading and running an exe for install. This link is unclear and says all I have to do is:

"pip install pyodbc"

What exactly do I need to do to get this working?

user1211
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Luv
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  • Check out the readme on that same page, it links to a very specific [install guide.](https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc/wiki/Install) . More information is available on the [pyobcd wiki](https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc/wiki) – Davy M Aug 25 '17 at 17:09

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open cmd in your computer and type pip install pyobdc

Rochak Agrawal
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  • Hi @Luv, welcome to the wonderful world of Python. If it can't find the command `pip` from the command line, you may not have checked to include Python in your path during the Python 3.6.1 installation. There's a handy checkbox on the Windows installer for including Python in your path, which I highly recommend checking. I believe you can run the installer again and check the box. – FlipperPA Aug 25 '17 at 18:22
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Hello there and welcome to python programming. Basically python comes with its package installer so either you can go to any interpreter that you are using and type pip install pyobdc or use the command prompt in windows and type in pip install pyobdc. This would install your module and just remember to put import pyobdc at the top of the code if you want to use this package. Further information can be found on here

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Since you have not mentioned which OS you are using, I will assume that you are on windows (as you have mentioned that you are used to install using .exe).

Firstly you need to know what a pip is: pip is basically a package manager for python packages used to install 3 rd party packages which do not bundle along with the python distribution. On linux pip comes pre installed also if you are using python version 3.4 onwards or python 2.7.9 you will be having pip pre installed on your system. All you have to do it to open the command prompt issue the command

pip install package-name(pyobdc here)

it will do the job. If you do not find pip in your distribution you can refer this link How do I install pip on Windows?

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  • Ok, I am one step further. The pip was actually under Scripts subfolder. But when I run it, I get a fatal error. I will post as a separate question.... – Luv Aug 25 '17 at 18:39