Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.013 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'happens.': 0.09; 'path.': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.10; '"echo': 0.16; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'message-id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'paths.': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.4': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "shouldn't": 0.18; 'steve': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; '2015': 0.20; 'sep': 0.22; 'second': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.26; "doesn't": 0.26; 'appear': 0.26; 'skip:" 20': 0.26; 'fri,': 0.27; 'entries': 0.27; 'skip:( 20': 0.28; 'looks': 0.29; 'environment': 0.29; 'folder': 0.30; "i'd": 0.31; 'entry': 0.31; 'changed': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'surprised': 0.33; 'file': 0.34; 'list': 0.34; 'could': 0.35; 'path': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; "won't": 0.38; 'wrong': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'subject:Need': 0.61; 'fact,': 0.67; 'subject:. ': 0.67; '(ie': 0.84; 'hills': 0.93 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=CvRCCSMD c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=21cqTKPYov2xmTyPQ1IA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-AUTH: mrabarnett@:2500 Subject: Re: Need Help w. PIP! To: python-list@python.org References: <56f811b9-aa5c-45c2-9daf-888a4b239f2f@googlegroups.com> <55EA38D9.6000303@medimorphosis.com.au> From: MRAB Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 01:55:46 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55EA38D9.6000303@medimorphosis.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1441414550 news.xs4all.nl 23736 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56905 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:96036 On 2015-09-05 01:35, Rob Hills wrote: > On 05/09/15 01:47, Cody Piersall wrote: >> > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Steve Burrus >> > wrote: >> > <..> >> >> "echo %path% >> >> >> >> C:\Python34;C:\Python34\python.exe;C:\Python34\Scripts; > > It's a long time since I last used Windoze in anger, but that second > path entry (C:\Python34\python.exe;) looks wrong to me. Unless Windoze > has changed recently, you shouldn't have a program name in your path. > IIRC, that's going to break all path entries that follow it, so it could > be the cause of your problem (ie the "C:\Python34\Scripts;" part won't > be accessible. > > Perhaps try deleting the "C:\Python34\python.exe;" entry from your PATH > environment variable and see what happens. > It should be a list of folder paths. Including a file path doesn't appear to break it, and, in fact, I'd be surprised if it did; it should just keep searching, much like it should if the folder were missing.