{"id":3615,"date":"2020-12-14T04:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T04:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2020-12-14T05:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T05:40:36","slug":"about-pip-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/about-pip-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"About PIP in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"

PIP<\/strong> is a standard python command for package management systems, this is used to install, upgrade, and uninstall the software packages that are written in python. PIP package manager is similar to another tool that comes with another language. You might be familiar with them as JavaScript<\/a> uses npm, Dot Net uses NuGet, and Ruby uses the gem package manager. In python, PIP comes up with a python installer in current versions. To verify the PIP availability use this command on the command prompt \u2013<\/p>\n

For version<\/h2>\n

pip \u2013version
\npip 20.1.1 from c:\\python38\\lib\\site-packages\\pip (python 3.8)
\nThe output will display the pip version as well as the python location. If pip is not installed or you are using the older version of python than you can download pip from the given link \u2013
\nclick here<\/a><\/p>\n

Then navigate the pip location in your system and you can use the above command pip \u2013version.
\nUse pip supported commands by using \u2013help.<\/p>\n

FOr help<\/h3>\n

pip help
\noutput –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usage:
\n pip <command> [options]\nCommands:
\n install Install packages.
\n download Download packages.
\n uninstall Uninstall packages.
\n freeze Output installed packages in requirements format.
\n list List installed packages.
\n show Show information about installed packages.
\n check Verify installed packages have compatible
\n dependencies.
\n config Manage local and global configuration.
\n search Search PyPI for packages.
\n wheel Build wheels from your requirements.
\n hash Compute hashes of package archives.
\n completion A helper command used for command completion.
\n help Show help for commands.<\/p>\n

General Options:
\n -h, --help Show help.
\n --isolated Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment
\n \t\tvariables and user configuration.
\n -v, --verbose Give more output. Option is additive, and can be
\n \t\t used up to 3 times.
\n -V, --version Show version and exit.
\n -q, --quiet Give less output. Option is additive, and can be
\n used up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING,
\n ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).
\n --log <path> Path to a verbose appending log.
\n --proxy <proxy> Specify a proxy in the form
\n [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
\n --retries <retries> Maximum number of retries each connection should
\n attempt (default 5 times).
\n --timeout <sec> Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
\n --exists-action <action> Default action when a path already exists:
\n (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort).
\n --trusted-host <hostname> Mark this host as trusted, even though it does
\n not have valid or any HTTPS.
\n --cert <path> Path to alternate CA bundle.
\n --client-cert <path> Path to SSL client certificate, a single file
\n containing the private key and the certificate in
\n PEM format.
\n --cache-dir <dir> Store the cache data in <dir>.
\n --no-cache-dir Disable the cache.
\n --disable-pip-version-check
\n Don't periodically check PyPI to determine
\n whether a new version of pip is available for
\n download. Implied with --no-index.
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Now there are so many pip commands to manage python packages, libraries and dependencies.<\/p>\n