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Install Python on a windows node using a start task with Azure Batch

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carlosbermudezlopez
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May 16, 2021
It is common that customers contact the Azure Batch Team to provide instructions on how to install Python using the start task feature. I would like to provide the steps to perform this task in case ...
Updated May 12, 2021
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Kev74
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Nov 24, 2023

minalghule Hello, you need to write only one command line for a task.

 

Only one cmd /c per row. Don't write two or more cmd /c in command line.

 

Exemple :

 

cmd /c "python-3.12.0-amd64.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0"
cmd /c "curl -fSsL https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python"
cmd /c "pip install azure-storage-blob"
cmd /c "pip install pandas" 

 

This task will only complete the first row : cmd /c "python-3.12.0-amd64.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0" Others rows are ignored.

 

So if you want to install libraries after. I advice you to create one task adding the installation for Python : cmd /c "python-3.12.0-amd64.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0"

And an other task for installing librairies : cmd /c "pip install pandas flask holidays"