a repository of software for the Python programming language

Install pip

• curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py, download pip
• python get-pip.py
• pip install -U pip, update pip to the current version

pip list

• pip list, list the installed packages
• pip list --outdated, list the outdated packages

pip show [packagename], show the information of an installed package

pip search [packagename], show available package from PyPI repository

pip install

• pip install [packagename], install a package
• pip install --upgrade [packagename], upgrade a package

pip uninstall [packagename], uninstall a package

config

• ~/.pip/pip.conf
• index-url = http://pypi.douban.com/simple, add third-party repository

pip freeze > requirements.txt, export installed packages in requirements format

pip install -r requirements.txt, install the modules with the requirements file

pip wheel, reduce the time of compiling when installing multiple times on the different virtual environments

• pip install package.whl, install a package from .whl file
• pip wheel --wheel-dir=[directoryname] [packagename], download the .whl file of the specific package to a directory
• pip install --use-wheel --no-index --find-links=[directoryname] [packagename], install a package from the downloaded .whl file
• pip install --use-wheel --no-index --find-links=https://wheelhouse.example.com/ pyramid, install from cached wheels remotely

pip install virtualenv, install virtualenv

virtualenv [environmentName]

• virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 [environmentName], use the Python interpreter of your choice

source [environmentName]/bin/activate, activate the virtual environment

deactivate, deactivate the virtual environments

Pipenv & Virtual Environments

Pip tutorial

pip documentation