As a newbie... I am having difficulties installing pyPDF2 module. I have downloaded. Where and how do I install (setup.py) so I can use module in python interpreter?
Step 1: Download the get-pip.py (https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py) file and store it in the same directory as python is installed. Step 2: Change the current path of the directory in the command line to the path of the directory where the above file exists. Step 4: Now wait through the installation process. Voila!
Use PyPDF2. I've been using it in Python 3 (v3. 5.2 to be precise), and it works quite well.
If you have pip, PyPDF2 is on the Python Package Index, so you can install it with the following in your terminal/command prompt:
Python 2:
pip install PyPDF2
Python 3:
pip3 install PyPDF2
To install setup.py files under Windows you can choose this way with the command line:
cd C:\Users\User\Downloads\pyPDF2
to go into the directory where the setup.py
is (this is mine if I downloaded it) The path can be copied from the explorer window.dir
now you should see the name setup.py in the listing of all contentsC:\python27\python.exe setup.py install
I use Python2.7 here. Use C:\python33\python.exe setup.py install
for python 3.3 and so on. You can follow these instructions now if you wish: http://docs.python.org/2/install/index.html
Another way, that does not show when there are problems, is:
setup.py
C:\Users\User\Downloads\pyPDF2\setup.py
(this is where my setup.py is)you modify that path in the following way:
"C:\Users\User\Downloads\pyPDF2\setup.py" install
The "
are important if you have white spaces in the path name
In all cases you may need to restart your python to be able to import the module.
When you do this feel free to post your solution also with pictures for other newbies looking for it.
If you have pip
, use it to install PyPDF2 from the command line:
For python2:
pip install PyPDF2
For python3:
pip3 install PyPDF2
Note that if you have multiple versions of python3 installed, you will need to be very explicit. Ex, for Python 3.7:
py -3.7 -m pip install PyPDF2
Read more here.
In case you need to upgrade your pip
installer:
To upgrade pip (for Python 2) in Windows (or Linux, I think):
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
To upgrade pip3 (for Python 3):
1) in Windows:
py -3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
OR if you need to be explicit since you have multiple 3.x versions installed:
py -3.7 -m pip install --upgrade pip
2) In Linux I think it is:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
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