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On 2024-07-27 21:58, Mats Wichmann via Python-list wrote:
> On 7/26/24 16:28, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:
>> On 7/26/2024 7:25 AM, Lizna Shah via Python-list wrote:
>>> OSError: [WinError 225] Operation did not complete successfully 
>>> because the
>>> file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software
>> 
>> That part of the error message tells you the story.  Windows thinks some 
>> file in the install has been corrupted with malware.
>> 
> 
> 
> The Windows installer comes with pip, there's no need to do an extra
> install to get it:
> 
> python -m pip --version
> 
On Windows it's recommended that you use the Python Launcher 'py':

py -m pip --version

> If you can't find the pip *command*, that's a problem with yout PATH
> settings.  The Python installer offers to add the location of Python
> itself to PATH, and you've apparently taken it up on that offer, but
> that's not the same directory that pip goes to.  Just use it as a module
> and you should be fine.
> 
> 
> ===
> 
> The typical paths will be something like
> 
> C:\Users\you\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310   # python executable
> C:\Users\you\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts   # pip
> "executable"