Python pip

python package manager.

Locations

~/.local/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages	user packages
/etc/pip.conf ~/.config/pip/pip.conf	pip configuration

Install

python2 <(curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py)
python3 <(curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py)

Usage

pip install <package>           # install package
pip install --user <package>    # install to $HOME dir
pip install --user \           `# install to $HOME dir, bypassing externally managed envs`
  --break-system-packages \
  <package>
pip install "${package}==1.1.1" # install specific version of package
pip install 'git+https://github.com/tangentlabs/django-oscar-paypal.git@master

pip list                # list installed
pip search <package>    # deprecated

import site
site.getusersitedir()   # pip install --user packages installed here

Configuration

[global]

# if you MUST install system packages with pip, this is your escape-hatch
break-system-packages = true