导入包 (pip) 工具在 Mac 上不起作用

Question

probably was asked 100 times but I will try once again ( maybe will get a simple answeR) I used the commands: url https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py python3 get-pip.py from a mac terminal to install pip. When I am going to the IDLE shell window and I am typing: pip3 install numpy I am getting a syntax error even though it's supposed to work.

Can somebody explain to me what is the issue? I am not keen on downloading Anaconda as I like to keep my environment simple enough. I am working with a mac notebook. any help will be most appreciated.

Thanks, YK

Answer 1

You cant install packages through the python idle. Try installing numpy through your mac terminal. If it still does not work check if pip is even installed by pip --version or pip3 --version . The reason that downloading a package in the python IDLE does not work is because the python IDLE only understands valid python code(it is a python interpreter), and because pip3 install numpy is not python code it does not work

Answer 2

The IDLE shell window is a Python interpreter and only understand python syntax. Since pip3 install numpy is not valid Python, you get a syntax error. Instead, you need to open Terminal and type the command there.