How to install PIP: a more user friendly Python package installer

First, let us have a look at some background on PIP.

You do not have to install PIP if you do not want to; the choice is yours. You can continue to use easy_install if you like.

Note

According to the Distribute propaganda, PIP works with the current Distutils library and it will work with Distutils 2, whereas the future of easy_install is uncertain.

And now we shall install PIP.

Installing PIP on Mac OS X

To install PIP, open Finder | Applications | Utilities | Terminal and type:

$ sudo easy_install pip

You should see:

To verify that PIP works, type:

$ sudo pip

You should see:

We have just finished demonstrating how to install and test PIP on Ubuntu Linux.

Installing PIP on Windows 7

To install PIP, select Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt and type:

$ easy_install pip

You should see:

To verify that PIP works, type:

$ pip

You should see:

We have just finished demonstrating how to install and test PIP on Windows.

Installing PIP on Ubuntu Linux

To install PIP, open Applications | Accessories | Terminal and type:

$ sudo easy_install pip

You should see:

To verify that PIP works, type:

$ sudo pip

You should see:

We have just finished demonstrating how to install and test PIP on Ubuntu Linux.