Python Language Getting started with Python Language Installing external modules using pip
Example
pip is your friend when you need to install any package from the plethora of choices available at the python package index (PyPI). pip is already installed if you're using Python 2 >= 2.7.9 or Python 3 >= 3.4 downloaded from python.org. For computers running Linux or another *nix with a native package manager, pip must often be manually installed.
On instances with both Python 2 and Python 3 installed, pip often refers to Python 2 and pip3 to Python 3. Using pip will only install packages for Python 2 and pip3 will only install packages for Python 3.
Finding / installing a package
Searching for a package is as simple as typing
$ pip search <query>
# Searches for packages whose name or summary contains <query>
Installing a package is as simple as typing (in a terminal / command-prompt, not in the Python interpreter)
$ pip install [package_name] # latest version of the package
$ pip install [package_name]==x.x.x # specific version of the package
$ pip install '[package_name]>=x.x.x' # minimum version of the package
where x.x.x is the version number of the package you want to install.
When your server is behind proxy, you can install package by using below command:
$ pip --proxy http://<server address>:<port> install
Upgrading installed packages
When new versions of installed packages appear they are not automatically installed to your system. To get an overview of which of your installed packages have become outdated, run:
$ pip list --outdated
To upgrade a specific package use
$ pip install [package_name] --upgrade
Updating all outdated packages is not a standard functionality of pip.
Upgrading pip
You can upgrade your existing pip installation by using the following commands
-
On Linux or macOS X:
$ pip install -U pipYou may need to use
sudowith pip on some Linux Systems -
On Windows:
py -m pip install -U pipor
python -m pip install -U pip
For more information regarding pip do read here.
