Why does “pip install” inside Python raise a SyntaxError?

Question

I\'m trying to use pip to install a package. I try to run pip install from the Python shell, but I get a SyntaxError. Why do I get this error? H

Answer 1

you need to type it in cmd not in the IDLE. becuse IDLE is not an command prompt if you want to install something from IDLE type this

>>>from pip.__main__ import _main as main
>>>main(#args splitted by space in list example:['install', 'requests'])

this is calling pip like pip in terminal. The commands will be seperated by spaces that you are doing there to.