Installing Packages - Printable Version

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Installing Packages - Cydney - Mar-27-2020

Hello,

I'm very new to python. One of the things I wanted to do was to install the package pydicom however the commands keeps failing. I am following an instruction manual, my shell is Thonny and I'm trying to use pip to install the package. Here is the code I have written:

import pip
python3 -m pip install pydicom

And here is the error:

Error:python3 -m pip install pydicom
                 ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Any help or advice on what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Cydney

RE: Installing Packages - buran - Mar-27-2020

you need to execute python3 -m pip install pydicom in terminal/command prompt.
Note, if you are using virtual environment, it should be activated

RE: Installing Packages - Cydney - Mar-31-2020

Hi Buran,

Thank you for replying!

What do you mean by the terminal? I have tried executing the command from everywhere I can find and it always has the same error?

RE: Installing Packages - buran - Mar-31-2020

Introduction to Windows Command Prompt

RE: Installing Packages - Cydney - Mar-31-2020

Hi Buran,

After reading the link you have sent I am assuming by the terminal you mean to type it directly into python? Here is the error if I do:

Output:File "<stdin>", line 1
    python3 -m pip install pydicom
               ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

RE: Installing Packages - buran - Mar-31-2020

No, not in python, in cmd (i.e. Command prompt). Obviously you don't know what cmd is, that is why I sent you the link.
that is c:/>python3 -m pip install pydicom

RE: Installing Packages - Cydney - Mar-31-2020

Oh right I see!

I'm sorry I do know of cmd but assumed you must be referring to a feature within python because my instruction manual didn't mention moving to cmd.

Thank you very much for responding and being so patient!
Cydney