pip install returning invalid syntax

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Kenil Vasani

Asked: December 14, 20202020-12-14T21:05:04+00:00 2020-12-14T21:05:04+00:00In: Python

I’ve just installed python 3.6 which comes with pip

However, in Windows command prompt, when I do: ‘pip install bs4’ it returns ‘SyntaxError: invalid syntax’ under the install word.

Typing ‘python’ returns the version, which means it is installed correctly. What could be the problem?

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Kenil Vasani · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-14T21:02:23+00:00

Best Answer

Kenil Vasani

try this.

python -m  pip ...

-m module-name Searches sys.path for the named module and runs the corresponding .py file as a script.

Sometimes the OS can’t find pip so python or py -m may solve the problem because it is python itself searching for pip.