Conflict between Python’s `pip` and Perl’s `pip`
Posted: , Updated: Category: ComputersI am a Python programmer on Windows. I also happen to have Perl installed.
Both Python and Perl have a utility named pip
. When I type pip install PACKAGE
, I am expecting to ask Python’s pip
to install a PACKAGE
.
On a new computer I have a roughly 50:50 chance of getting this instead:
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Due to Perl’s pip
being ahead of Python’s pip
in my PATH
environment variable.
Fix that by editing your PATH
environment variable, so that the C:\Python27\Scripts
entry ** comes before the perl\bin
entry.
** or C:\tools\python2\Scripts
, if you use chocolatey
.
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Much better.
Addendum: how to figure out which thing is being called
The PowerShell equivalent to the Unix which
command is called get-command
. If you type get-command pip
, you will get a list of all the things Windows thinks pip
might refer to.
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