Error in installing fuzzywuzzy in IPython Notebook

Question

I really don't know how to install a library with code. I've tried to intall fuzzywuzzy in IPython Notebook with the module pip but I get an error message:

In [45]:

import pip

$ pip install fuzzywuzzy==0.3.1

  File "<ipython-input-45-579762da5e80>", line 3
    $ pip install fuzzywuzzy==0.3.1
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

So, How Can I install fuzzywuzzy and other packages correctly with code?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '14 at 18:09

pip install fuzzywuzzy==0.3.1 should not be run from Ipython, it should be run from bash or your equivalent shell. It is not a python command

In [18]: pip install fuzzywuzzy==0.3.1
  File "<ipython-input-18-cf3b3a7fb3ae>", line 1
    pip install fuzzywuzzy==0.3.1
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

From bash:

~$ pip install fuzzywuzzy==0.3.1
Downloading/unpacking fuzzywuzzy==0.3

Error in installing fuzzywuzzy in IPython Notebook

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