Why I can't install pip

[choyongjun2000]

ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pip\init.py'
Consider using the --user option or check the permissions.

[chrahunt]

Hello! This is normal if you installed Python for all users on Windows. When you run pip install just pass the --user flag, like pip install --user followed by the package you're trying to install.

[choyongjun2000]

C:\Users\User>pip --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Scripts\pip.exe_main.py", line 9, in
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

so the user installed pip is incompatible wrt entry pints with the system instaled pip and now things have gone wrong

python -m pip miht still work, as a starting point it might help to uninstall/remove the user-installed pip
i am not familiar enough with the windows platform to provide more help

[chrahunt]

Hi @choyongjun2000! Like @RonnyPfannschmidt said: use python -m pip. That should hopefully fix your problem.

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