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pip is a standard package-management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. Many packages can be found in the default source for packages and their dependencies — Python Package Index. Most distributions of Python come with pip preinstalled.
In this tutorial, we will guide you about how to install Python pip on your Ubuntu 18.04 system. Follow the instructions below.
Updating Packages Repository Databse
Before installing pip on your Ubuntu 18.04, you need to update your yum repository cache by running the following command
[email protected]:~$ apt update
Installing pip
Now, run the following command to install Python pip on your system.
[email protected]:~$ apt install python-pip
Verifying The Installation
You can verify the version of the pip installed on your system by running the following command.
[email protected]:~$ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
Installing Python3 pip
If you want to install the Python3 pip instead of the Python2 pip, you can run the command below
[email protected]:~$ apt install python3-pip
Verifying The Version
Run the following command to verify the version of pip3 installed on your system.
[email protected]:~$ pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.6)
Installing Packages Using pip
To install a package using the pip, run the command like below
[email protected]:~$ pip install twitter
OR
[email protected]:~$ pip3 install twitter
Replace the “twitter” with the package name you want to install.
Displaying All Installed Packages
You can display the list of all the packages installed on your system using pip by running the command below
[email protected]:~$ pip list
DEPRECATION: The default format will switch to columns in the future. You can use --format=(legacy|columns) (or define a format=(legacy|columns) in your pip.conf under the [list] section) to disable this warning.
asn1crypto (0.24.0)
colorama (0.4.1)
configobj (5.0.6)
cryptography (2.1.4)
enum34 (1.1.6)
idna (2.6)
ipaddress (1.0.17)
IPy (1.0)
keyring (10.6.0)
keyrings.alt (3.0)
pip (9.0.1)
pycrypto (2.6.1)
pyfiglet (0.8.post1)
pygobject (3.26.1)
Removing A Package
If you want to remove a package, you can run the command below
[email protected]:~$ pip uninstall twitter
Replace the “twitter” with the package name you want to install.