pip is the package installer for Python. It helps us to install packages from the Python Package Index and other indexes. In this guide, we are going to explore How To Install PIP Python Package Manager on Linux.
Install PIP Linux Using default package manager
Install PIP On Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, CentOS and RHEL
Since pip isn’t part of the default RHEL based distributions, we’ll need EPEL repository in order to install pip.
Once you have added and enabled the EPEL repository, install pip using yum/dnf package manager.
dnf install epel-release yum install python-pip #This is for python 2 yum install python-pip #This is for python 3
Install PIP On Debian and Ubuntu
For Debian based distros like Linux Mint and Ubuntu, we’ll use apt package ,manager to install pip.
apt install python-pip #For python 2 apt install python3-pip #FOr python 3
Install PIP on openSUSE
For SUSE, we’ll use zypper package manager. Zypper is a command-line package manager for installing, updating and removing packages.
zypper install python-pip #For Python 2 zypper install python3-pip #For Python 3
Install PIP on Arch Linux
packman package manager is used for Arch Linux.
pacman -S python2-pip #For Python 2 pacman -S python-pip #For Python 3
Install PIP on Linux Using ensurepip
Python comes with an ensurepip module, which can install pip in a Python environment.
[technnix@rocky9 ~]$ python -m ensurepip --upgrade Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable Looking in links: /tmp/tmp0a5fht1p Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in ./.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (68.0.0) Requirement already satisfied: pip in ./.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages (23.2) WARNING: Value for scheme.platlib does not match. Please report this to <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10151> distutils: /home/technnix/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages sysconfig: /home/technnix/.local/lib64/python3.9/site-packages WARNING: Additional context: user = True home = None root = None prefix = None
Use PIP on Linux
Verify successful installation from the commands above.
[technnix@rocky9 ~]$ pip3 --version pip 23.2 from /home/technnix/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip (python 3.9)
Consult pip help
To list pip commands, use the following command:
[root@rocky9 ~]# pip3 --help
Usage:
pip <command> [options]
Commands:
install Install packages.
download Download packages.
uninstall Uninstall packages.
freeze Output installed packages in requirements format.
list List installed packages.
show Show information about installed packages.
check Verify installed packages have compatible dependencies.
config Manage local and global configuration.
search Search PyPI for packages.
cache Inspect and manage pip's wheel cache.
index Inspect information available from package indexes.
wheel Build wheels from your requirements.
hash Compute hashes of package archives.
completion A helper command used for command completion.
debug Show information useful for debugging.
help Show help for commands.
General Options:
-h, --help Show help.
--isolated Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user configuration.
-v, --verbose Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times.
-V, --version Show version and exit.
-q, --quiet Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).
--log <path> Path to a verbose appending log.
--no-input Disable prompting for input.
--proxy <proxy> Specify a proxy in the form [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
--retries <retries> Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (default 5 times).
--timeout <sec> Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
--exists-action <action> Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort.
--trusted-host <hostname> Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS.
--cert <path> Path to PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. If provided, overrides the default. See 'SSL Certificate Verification' in pip documentation for more information.
--client-cert <path> Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format.
--cache-dir <dir> Store the cache data in <dir>.
--no-cache-dir Disable the cache.
--disable-pip-version-check
Don't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version of pip is available for download. Implied with --no-index.
--no-color Suppress colored output.
--no-python-version-warning
Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.
--use-feature <feature> Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.
--use-deprecated <feature> Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the future.
Install a package using pip
To install a package using pip, run the following command with the right package name:
pip install <packagename>
List packages with pip
To list the currently installed packages, use the following command:
pip list Package Version ------------------------- -------- ansible-builder 3.0.0 ansible-navigator 3.4.0 ansible-runner 2.3.3 attrs 23.1.0 bindep 2.11.0 cffi 1.15.1 dbus-python 1.2.18 distro 1.8.0 docutils 0.20.1 gpg 1.15.1 importlib-metadata 6.2.1 Jinja2 3.1.2 jsonschema 4.18.4 jsonschema-specifications 2023.6.1 libcomps 0.1.18 lockfile 0.12.2 MarkupSafe 2.1.3 nftables 0.1 onigurumacffi 1.2.0 packaging 23.1 Parsley 1.3 pbr 5.11.1 pexpect 4.8.0 pip 21.2.3 ptyprocess 0.7.0 pycparser 2.21 PyGObject 3.40.1 python-daemon 3.0.1 python-dateutil 2.8.1 PyYAML 6.0.1 ...
List Package info using pip
To display the information about a package, use the following command:
pip3 show rpm Name: rpm Version: 4.16.1.3 Summary: Python bindings for rpm Home-page: http://www.rpm.org/ Author: UNKNOWN Author-email: [email protected] License: GNU General Public License v2 Location: /usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages Requires: Required-by:
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