Re: Issue with pip Installation on My Laptop

On 7/27/24 17:13, MRAB via Python-list wrote:

On 2024-07-27 21:58, Mats Wichmann via Python-list wrote:

On 7/26/24 16:28, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:

On 7/26/2024 7:25 AM, Lizna Shah via Python-list wrote:

OSError: [WinError 225] Operation did not complete successfully because the
file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software

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That part of the error message tells you the story.  Windows thinks some file in the install has been corrupted with malware.
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The Windows installer comes with pip, there's no need to do an extra
install to get it:
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python -m pip --version
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On Windows it's recommended that you use the Python Launcher 'py':
 py -m pip --version

I agree! :-)  but since the OP had apparently done enough to get the command named "python" to work, was trying to not introduce one extra factor.