To list all installed Python package you can use command below: Since fortune package does not come with fortune database, we will download Brian Clapper fortune database using command below : In this tutorial we’ll start by installing fortune program as sample. You can use help option to get list of pip options and parameter: This is alternative way of installing pip, if you already follow the steps above you don’t need to follow the steps below. Not uninstalling pip at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages, owned by OSĪs you can see from output above the pip version installed from Ubuntu repository is version 1.5.4 and when we’re upgrading pip we get version 8.0.3.
If we are installing pip from Ubuntu repository, we need to update our pip installation using command belowĭownloading pip-8.0.3-py2.p圓-none-any.whl (1.2MB): 1.2MB downloaded By the end of this tutorial you should be able to use pip as part of your daily tools.
There are two installation method that we can use, we can install from Ubuntu repository or from PyPI.Īfter installing pip, we’ll learn how-to use pip. The name pip itself is recursive acronym of pip installs packages or pip install Python. Python 2.7.9 or later and Python 3.4 and later already include pip by default.
In this tutorial we’ll learn how to install and use pip on Ubuntu 14.04. We can search, install, remove many packages that can be found in Python Package Index (PyPI). We can use pip to manage software packages written in python. Pip is package management system for Python programming languages.
Virtual environments allow you to sandbox multiple Python versions depending on your development needs so that you don’t have to upgrade or downgrade your system’s Python version. Now, if you feel that these versions are outdated and you want to try the newer Python versions, the best course of action is to use virtual environments. In the case of Xubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr), the Python versions that come with it are 2.7.6 and 3.4.3. If you’re running Ubuntu, you should avoid upgrading or modifying the Python version that came with your system because doing so could lead to unwanted results, conflicts, and even system breakage.