PIP is among the most popular package managers for Python. This article will discuss how to install Python PIP on various operating systems.

Third-party libraries and packages are the main assets of the Python programming language. The standard python itself does not have many libraries and packages for the developers. As such, third-party libraries and packages give a boost to python programming.

How to install Python 3 on a Mac computer. On Mac the recommended approach is to use the official Python.org installer. Previously the package manager Homebrew was a great choice–it handled software installs and upgrades elegantly in most cases–but for Python itself there are several serious issues detailed by Justin Mayer in this post. Python 3 can be installed using the official Python 3 installer. Go to the Python Releases for Mac OS X page and download the latest stable release macOS 64-bit/32-bit installer. After the download is complete, run the installer and click through the setup steps leaving all the pre-selected installation defaults. Installing Packages¶. This section covers the basics of how to install Python packages. It’s important to note that the term “package” in this context is being used to describe a bundle of software to be installed (i.e. As a synonym for a distribution).

Reinstall python and python3 via homebrew. At no time did I touch the python installation located within the /System folder. Oh, and to be clear. The answer to the original question is. Yes, you can trust the old references, as written! That guidance is still valid. Jun 04, 2019 When using python in IDLE on Mac, each python installation has it’s own /lib/site-packages for 3rd party modules. Depending on your installation method (using the regular pip install package-name ) terminal won’t allow you to import them when using IDLE.

Python is well known for its simplicity and ease, that’s why it also makes sure that you can easily install any third-party package and/or library for your project just by writing a simple one-line pip command. In python, you do not need to manage any of the installed packages, PIP will take care of everything.

What is PIP?

PIP stands for “Preferred Installer Program” and it is a command-line utility that helps you to manage your python third-party packages. By using the pip command, you can install, reinstall, update, and uninstall the PyPI package.

If you want to install popular third-party packages, such as NumPy, pandas, and TensorFlow for your project, you just need to open the command prompt or terminal on your system and type the pip install command to install any package or Library which are at PyPI.

What is PyPI?

PyPI stands for “Python Package Index” and it is the official central library for all the python packages, which means it consists of all the registered and licensed python packages. PIP itself uses PyPI as the source to install all the python packages. By now, PyPI has more than 130,000 packages on its repository.

How Do I Install Python PIP?

If you are using the Python 2.7 (or greater) or Python 3.4 (or greater) versions of python then you do not need to install PIP, because Python comes with a compatible version of PIP by default.

How to check the version of python installed on my system?

Open your cmd (Windows) or terminal (macOS, Linux) and write this command:

How to check the version of pip installed on my system?

Open the command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS, Linux) and enter the following command:

Please note that you need to install pip separately only if you are using an old version of the Python programming language. If you are doing so, we highly suggest you to download the latest version of Python.

If you are using a virtual environment and want to use the old version of Python and pip then you have to install PIP separately.

How to Install pip on Windows?

It’s very easy to install pip on Windows. You just need to install a python file and run it using the command prompt. Ensure you must have the old version of python to run this file. Follow these steps to install pip on Windows:

1. Download the get-pip.py installer script and save it as a python file by the name get-pip.py. If you are using the old Python 3.2 version, download this python file as get-pip.py and save it on your system.
2. Now open your command prompt ((win+r) + cmd) and navigate to the get-pip.py downloaded file.
3. Use command python get-pip.py and run the file.
4. Now you have installed pip on your windows successfully.
5. Use pip –version command to check the version of pip.

How to Install pip on macOS?

macOS is the only operating system that comes with the preinstalled, latest version of python and pip. But if you have the old version of python and want to install pip on your macOS, you just need to write a simple terminal command to install pip for the corresponding version of installed python. This command is:

How to install pip on Linux?

Like other operating systems, if you have the latest version of Python you would not need to install pip separately. But if you are using some old version of python then you have to install the Python package manager.

Compared to Windows and macOS, the process of installing pip on Linux is different. This is because the OS has different commands for different versions of the Python ecosystem.

How to Install PIP on Raspberry Pi?

Terminal commands:

For old versions of Python 2.x:

Install Python Library Mac

For old versions Python 3.x:

Top Pip Commands

These are some of the most widely-used Python PIP commands:

Conclusion

Long story short, you do not need to install pip if you have the latest version of Python. If pip is not functional on your system just reinstall Python, if possible, download the latest version. It might solve the PIP problem.

Moreover, it’s highly suggested that rather than installing pip separately, install the latest version of python that already comes with a pre-installed PIP.

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Python on a Macintosh running Mac OS X is in principle very similar to Python onany other Unix platform, but there are a number of additional features such asthe IDE and the Package Manager that are worth pointing out.

4.1. Getting and Installing MacPython¶

Mac OS X 10.8 comes with Python 2.7 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, youare invited to install the most recent version of Python 3 from the Pythonwebsite (https://www.python.org). A current “universal binary” build of Python,which runs natively on the Mac’s new Intel and legacy PPC CPU’s, is availablethere.

What you get after installing is a number of things:

• A Python3.9 folder in your Applications folder. In hereyou find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of officialPython distributions; and PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Pythonscripts from the Finder.

• A framework /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework, which includes thePython executable and libraries. The installer adds this location to your shellpath. To uninstall MacPython, you can simply remove these three things. Asymlink to the Python executable is placed in /usr/local/bin/.

The Apple-provided build of Python is installed in/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and /usr/bin/python,respectively. You should never modify or delete these, as they areApple-controlled and are used by Apple- or third-party software. Remember thatif you choose to install a newer Python version from python.org, you will havetwo different but functional Python installations on your computer, so it willbe important that your paths and usages are consistent with what you want to do.

IDLE includes a help menu that allows you to access Python documentation. If youare completely new to Python you should start reading the tutorial introductionin that document.

If you are familiar with Python on other Unix platforms you should read thesection on running Python scripts from the Unix shell.

4.1.1. How to run a Python script¶

Your best way to get started with Python on Mac OS X is through the IDLEintegrated development environment, see section The IDE and use the Help menuwhen the IDE is running.

If you want to run Python scripts from the Terminal window command line or fromthe Finder you first need an editor to create your script. Mac OS X comes with anumber of standard Unix command line editors, vim andemacs among them. If you want a more Mac-like editor,BBEdit or TextWrangler from Bare Bones Software (seehttp://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html) are good choices, as isTextMate (see https://macromates.com/). Other editors includeGvim (http://macvim-dev.github.io/macvim/) and Aquamacs(http://aquamacs.org/).

To run your script from the Terminal window you must make sure that/usr/local/bin is in your shell search path.

To run your script from the Finder you have two options:

• Drag it to PythonLauncher

• Select PythonLauncher as the default application to open yourscript (or any .py script) through the finder Info window and double-click it.PythonLauncher has various preferences to control how your script islaunched. Option-dragging allows you to change these for one invocation, or useits Preferences menu to change things globally.

4.1.2. Running scripts with a GUI¶

With older versions of Python, there is one Mac OS X quirk that you need to beaware of: programs that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other words,anything that has a GUI) need to be run in a special way. Use pythonwinstead of python to start such scripts.

With Python 3.9, you can use either python or pythonw.

4.1.3. Configuration¶

Python on OS X honors all standard Unix environment variables such asPYTHONPATH, but setting these variables for programs started from theFinder is non-standard as the Finder does not read your .profile or.cshrc at startup. You need to create a file~/.MacOSX/environment.plist. See Apple’s Technical Document QA1067 fordetails.

For more information on installation Python packages in MacPython, see sectionInstalling Additional Python Packages.

4.2. The IDE¶

MacPython ships with the standard IDLE development environment. A goodintroduction to using IDLE can be found athttp://www.hashcollision.org/hkn/python/idle_intro/index.html.

4.3. Installing Additional Python Packages¶

There are several methods to install additional Python packages:

• Packages can be installed via the standard Python distutils mode (pythonsetup.pyinstall).

• Many packages can also be installed via the setuptools extensionor pip wrapper, see https://pip.pypa.io/.

4.4. GUI Programming on the Mac¶

There are several options for building GUI applications on the Mac with Python.

PyObjC is a Python binding to Apple’s Objective-C/Cocoa framework, which isthe foundation of most modern Mac development. Information on PyObjC isavailable from https://pypi.org/project/pyobjc/.

The standard Python GUI toolkit is tkinter, based on the cross-platformTk toolkit (https://www.tcl.tk). An Aqua-native version of Tk is bundled with OSX by Apple, and the latest version can be downloaded and installed fromhttps://www.activestate.com; it can also be built from source.

wxPython is another popular cross-platform GUI toolkit that runs natively onMac OS X. Packages and documentation are available from https://www.wxpython.org.

PyQt is another popular cross-platform GUI toolkit that runs natively on MacOS X. More information can be found athttps://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro.

4.5. Distributing Python Applications on the Mac¶

The standard tool for deploying standalone Python applications on the Mac ispy2app. More information on installing and using py2app can be foundat http://undefined.org/python/#py2app.

4.6. Other Resources¶

The MacPython mailing list is an excellent support resource for Python users anddevelopers on the Mac:

Python Modules

Another useful resource is the MacPython wiki: