How to open Python Terminal?

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I am learning Python from the Internet. I have downloaded Python 3.6 and Spyder from Anaconda. Using Windows 10 device. I need to install speech recognition library, using code:

sudo pip SpeechRecognition

and for that I am not able to use Spyder.It shows a syntax error. I need to open the python terminal.

To install a package, you should use pip install or conda install since you've had Anaconda installed. — ytu
– ytu, Commented Sep 2, 2018 at 3:08
BTW are you trying to open the Python terminal or Spyder? Neither pip nor conda commands is executed in Python. — ytu
– ytu, Commented Sep 2, 2018 at 3:11

Ho John Lee · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-02 03:03:30Z

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Go in the Start Menu, and look for the "Anaconda3" item, and use the Anaconda Prompt item there to launch a shell session with the environment set up. Then you can type

  python

at the prompt, and it will start the default Python you've installed for Anaconda

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 3:03

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Zilong Li · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-02 05:06:07Z

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Press WIN + R, then type cmd and press ENTER.

Type in the following command and press ENTER and the installation will began.

pip install SpeechRecognition

If you have a virtual environment set up, however, execute source activate {environemt_name} before running the above command.

Type python and press ENTER to open Python Terminal.

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 5:06

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Schalton Over a year ago

he's using anaconda

Zilong Li Over a year ago

@Schalton I'm using anaconda, too. Conda is compatible with pip.

Schalton Over a year ago

Ahh, I've never ONLY had anaconda installed (I've had it with Python too) pip doesn't install to my conda dir - good to know It's worth noting part of conda's goal seems to be to enforce the use of venvs, pip from the cmd clashes with this goal a bit

Zilong Li Over a year ago

In my experience, if you want pip to install packages into the conda dir, you need to source activate the conda env first.

Zilong Li Over a year ago

First, source activate the conda env. Then make sure you have python and pip installed inside the env. Then do your normal pip installs inside the env. All the packages whether installed using pip or conda are all installed inside the env now.

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Schalton · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-02 05:58:58Z

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As others have said, you should install in the cmd prompt.

There is an option to install in your IDE (Spyder)

You can run the following:

import pip
pip.main(["install", "SpeechRecognition"])

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 5:58

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Mridul Malani Over a year ago

It shows attribute error: module pip has no attribute main

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