Pip

• PIP is a standard python command for package management systems. shipping with Python since Python 2.7.
• 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 uses npm, Dot Net uses NuGet, and Ruby uses gem.
• We download and install packages and from a unified “repository” called PyPi (Python Package Index), from which all library installations are dispatched.

Cheatsheet

• To install a package from PyPi

  pip install <package_name>

• To install a specific version

  pip install <package_name>==<version>

• To upgrade a package

  pip install --upgrade <package_name>

• To uninstall a package

  pip uninstall <package_name>

• To list all the packages installed

  pip list

• To search for a package

  pip search <package_name>

• To generate a requirements.txt file

  pip freeze > requirements.txt