Getting error 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax' when trying to install Jupyter Notebook using pip on Windows 10

Question

I am using the command on the Jupyter website,

pip3 install jupyter

but I get the error:

 File "<stdin>", line 1
pip3 install jupyter
           ^                                                     
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I've tried many different commands, and they all produce the same error. I'm reluctant to install Anaconda, as I already have python installed on my computer.

Solution

Those are not the same commands I found on their website: This is what I found: If Python 3 is installed:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install jupyter

For Python 2:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install jupyter

Hope this helps.

Comments

[jack.py]

I did use these commands at first (still returns an error), but then on their help page and official documentation it tells you to use the commands I stated,

[rtyocum]

Are you able to run Python at all from CMD. If not you may have to change your system’s PATH variable to the python install directory

[jack.py]

yeah, I can run python. I figured out that I didn't have pip in my PATH environment variable. I fixed it now.

[Ting Yi Shih]

You saved me! It turns out that I'm installing the python3 version of jupyter with python2. Installing it with python3 makes it work!