PIP and Packages

PIP and Packages

PIP is Python's package manager. It installs and manages extra modules from PyPI, the Python Package Index.

What is PIP?

• PIP stands for "Pip Installs Packages".
• It comes with Python on most systems.
• PyPI hosts hundreds of thousands of free packages.

Check if PIP is installed

pip --version

Install a package

pip install camelcase

Use an installed package

import camelcase

c = camelcase.CamelCase()
txt = "hello world"
print(c.hump(txt))  # Hello World

List installed packages

pip list

Remove a package

pip uninstall camelcase

Show package info

pip show camelcase

Popular packages

• camelcase: capitalize text
• numpy: fast math on arrays
• pandas: data analysis
• requests: HTTP requests
• django and flask: web frameworks

Download with pip

Install packages from PyPI with a single command. That's how Python's ecosystem stays so rich.

TL;DR

• PIP installs packages from PyPI.
• pip install name and pip uninstall name.
• pip list shows what's installed.
• Packages like numpy and pandas power real Python work.