Can i Use pip in maya script editor ?

[Anonymous]

Can i Use pip in maya script editor ? If no then HOw to install any python package in Maya ?

[cheng_xi_li · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can't use pip directly. You have to build the package and copy it to python\lib\site-packages.

Yours,

Li

[Anonymous]

Even though this is years after the original question, this hit comes up when trying to use pip with maya and I didn't find any other instructions.

Fortunately, you CAN install pip and use it with maya!  I've only done it with 2017 so far but image it will be the same for other versions.

1 - Download get-py.py from https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/ 

2 - Open a commandline to mayapy.exe (Generally in AutoDesk\Maya\20XX\bin) and run the file:

...Maya\2017\bin mayapy.exe get-pip.py

3 - It should run without any errors, and it will have added Autodesk\Maya\20xx\Python\Scripts\pip.exe

4 - Use this pip, just like a normal python install!  Similarly, it places things in Autodesk\Maya20XX\Python\Lib\site-packages

So far most things seem to work correctly, like pytest, but jupyter doesn't.

[jencruz93]

How do you create a pip package?

[2232549876]

I tried this,but an error reported:

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pip (from version None)

[Anonymous]

Notice that for Maya 2019, for example, you'll need an older version of the "get-pip.py"  script than the one that pops up on a noraml google search. You'd need this pip version of python 2.6: 

https://bootstrap.pypa.io/2.6/get-pip.py

[Anonymous]

Also make sure you run the commands using Maya's python interpreter, like so:

From windows commandline/run : navigate to where mayapy.exe is located:

C:\> cd C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2019\bin

put the get-pip.py file in that same folder, then run it via mayapy:

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2019\bin> mayapy.exe get-pip.py

Example of using pip to install a python package like numpy

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2019\bin>mayapy.exe -m pip install numpy

[Anonymous]

btw, you can find out where your mayapy.exe is installed by running this in a python tab inside Maya:

import sys
print(sys.executable)