'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I'm running into a weird error when trying to install Django on my computer.

This is the sequence that I typed into my command line:

C:\Python34> python get-pip.py Requirement already up-to-date: pip in c:\python34\lib\site-packages Cleaning up...  C:\Python34> pip install Django 'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.  C:\Python34> lib\site-packages\pip install Django 'lib\site-packages\pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. 

What could be causing this?

This is what I get when I type in echo %PATH%:

C:\Python34>echo %PATH% C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-6.8.8-Q16;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\ ;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\S ystem32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Progr am Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Mana gement Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine C omponents\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components \DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\P rogram Files (x86)\nodejs\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Heroku\bin;C:\Program Files (x 86)\git\cmd;C:\RailsInstaller\Ruby2.0.0\bin;C:\RailsInstaller\Git\cmd;C:\RailsIn staller\Ruby1.9.3\bin;C:\Users\Javi\AppData\Roaming\npm 

Answer 1

You need to add the path of your pip installation to your PATH system variable. By default, pip is installed to C:\Python34\Scripts\pip (pip now comes bundled with new versions of python), so the path "C:\Python34\Scripts" needs to be added to your PATH variable.

To check if it is already in your PATH variable, type echo %PATH% at the CMD prompt

To add the path of your pip installation to your PATH variable, you can use the Control Panel or the setx command. For example:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Python34\Scripts" 

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Note: According to the official documentation, "[v]ariables set with setx variables are available in future command windows only, not in the current command window". In particular, you will need to start a new cmd.exe instance after entering the above command in order to utilize the new environment variable.

Thanks to Scott Bartell for pointing this out.

Answer 2

For Windows, when you install a package, you type:

python -m pip install [packagename]