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should I uninstall anaconda? - abrogard - Oct-27-2020
I am trying to get going with Python. I did the Anaconda install and since then it's been nothing but difficulties.
Now there's another one. I want to install a gui and found pysimplegui and tried to install it. By pip it said. But there is no pip. Powershell doesn't know any pip and neither does Anaconda's powershell.
So I tried conda. googled till I found a command line for that. tried it.
Didn't work. I have a page of errors.
I have installed mysql and had a few hassles along the way with that due to the Anaconda thing.
I google and read and I'm told that if I've got > python 2.x then pip is part of the package. But apparently not so. So does Anaconda leave it out or disable it or something in favour of this 'conda' thing?
I just want to get started in the simplest way because that's where I'm at: the simplest low level. And I thought Anaconda was a step towards that but now I'm thinking Anaconda is the root of all my problems.
Should I uninstall Anaconda and install Python again, some other way? What way?
And if I did that I suppose I'd have to go all through the SQL hassles again?
p.s. For instance of the hassles I just tried to find another way to install pip and found their site and found this warning which sounds like if I'm using Anaconda then things might screw up. And this site also said that pip should already there there. So it sure looks to me like Anaconda is just making life difficult for me.
If I uninstall Anaconda will it leave Python behind?
Here's the warning I found on https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
Warning
Be cautious if you are using a Python install that is managed by your operating system or another package manager. get-pip.py does not coordinate with those tools, and may leave your system in an inconsistent state.