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 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'anyway.': 0.04; 'mrab': 0.05; 'happens.': 0.09; 'migration': 0.09; 'path.': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.10; '"echo': 0.16; 'broken,': 0.16; 'paths.': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "wouldn't": 0.16; "shouldn't": 0.18; 'steve': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'rid': 0.22; 'sep': 0.22; 'cheers,': 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; 'linux': 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; 'probably': 0.31; 'entry': 0.31; 'getting': 0.33; '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; 'easily': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'ago.': 0.61; 'australia': 0.61; 'subject:Need': 0.61; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'fact,': 0.67; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; 'subject:. ': 0.67; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; '(ie': 0.84; 'western': 0.89; 'hills': 0.93 Reply-To: rhills@medimorphosis.com.au Subject: Re: Need Help w. PIP! References: <56f811b9-aa5c-45c2-9daf-888a4b239f2f@googlegroups.com> <55EA38D9.6000303@medimorphosis.com.au> <55EA3D92.5090702@mrabarnett.plus.com> To: python-list@python.org From: Rob Hills X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 10:19:55 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55EA3D92.5090702@mrabarnett.plus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1441419601 news.xs4all.nl 23782 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42703 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:96039 On 05/09/15 08:55, MRAB wrote: > 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 Windoz= e >> 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 cou= ld >> 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 PAT= H >> 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. You're probably right, but my recollection of Windoze is that it was very easily broken, hence my migration to Linux many moons ago. I reckon it wouldn't hurt to try getting rid of the invalid path entry anyw= ay. Cheers, --=20 Rob Hills Waikiki, Western Australia