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Overview of pip

Overview of pip - Python Tutorial

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Overview of pip

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- [Instructor] Let's take a closer look at the pip tool that is used to manage Python packages. And recall that pip is the Python package installer app. Now, there are several tools that help manage packages in Python but I'm going to just focus on pip because as of Python 3.4, it comes pre-installed, so it's likely that you already have it. Now, you can find the full documentation for pip at this link. And I'll let you browse this at your convenience. For now, I'm just going to demonstrate some of the most common ways of using pip. So let's go ahead and jump into our terminal. So to install a package, it's pretty straightforward. You use the install command. So I'm going to write pip install, and again, if you're on the Mac or on Linux, you might need to type pip 3 for Python 3, again, it depends on your installation. So I'm just going to use the pip command. If this errors for you, try using pip 3 on a Mac or Linux.…

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