[FIXED] Cannot install Django on Windows because there is an invalid character in a filename

Issue

I have been trying to pip install django, but I can’t do it because Windows doesn’t like the invalid filename. Do I have any options other than running a Linux virtual machine?

Solution

Make sure you have Git Bash installed (https://git-scm.com/download/win) and make sure python and pip are installed on your computer.

Once you have all that, just run Git Bash and execute pip install django. If it does not work or you have both python2 and python3 installed, use pip3 install django

Answered By - Lynkou