Syntax Error on BS4 Install

[hmsdreadnought1875]

Hello All,

I am trying to install BS4 using Windows PowerShell using the install command pip install beautifulsoup4. However every time I run the command I get the following error message:

>>> pip install beautifulsoup4

  File "<stdin>", line 1

    pip install beautifulsoup4

        ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

[facelessuser]

You need to do this on the command line, not within a Python session.

[leonardr]

It looks like you're running the pip command from within the Python interpreter. Try running it from the PowerShell command line itself.

I haven't used PowerShell myself, but this similar Stack Overflow question indicates that pip should be accessible from PowerShell if you're using a recent release of Python.

Leonard

[hmsdreadnought1875]

Thank you both for your assistance. I got it installed!