On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:01 PM, ryguy7272 <[email protected]> wrote: > Part of the problem is, I don't know why in 2014 we're entering commands in > the C-prompt to run a Windows program. I thought all of that stuff was over > in the very early 1990s. Also, I can't understand why Python can't download > this from the Internet. >
You're expecting a GUI to let you pick stuff to install? That probably exists... as a wrapper around the terminal commands. The command line has never died, and never will. (I dream of futuristic voice-activated spaceship computers that respond to "Computer! Console." by revealing a keyboard and screen with a login prompt.) Python can download this from the internet; in fact, that's exactly what the "pip install numpy" command does. However, you have to be explicit. You don't want the simple "import numpy" command to go and install some third-party software; that would mean that mistyping it as "import numpt" would also attempt to install something new, and immediately run it. That's dangerous, costly (network requests can take a long time), and definitely not a good idea. What happened when you ran the 'pip install' lines? Also, what is the output of 'pip --version' and 'python --version'? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
