Questions tagged [pip]
pip is a tool for installing and managing Python packages
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Find outdated/updatable pip packages
pip freeze shows me the packages installed, but how do I check against pypi which ones are outdated?
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python3-pip installed but pip3 command not found?
I am testing a Python3 program in several computers. To do that, I need to install a library of Python with pip3.
So first, I was installing python3-pip in each computer (everyone is running Kubuntu ...
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The script is installed in directory, which is not PATH
During the installation process of Jupiter Notebook using pip, it said that scripts were installed in a folder that is not on PATH. Can it cause any problems? How can I fix it?
Here is full log:
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How to run pip in non-interactive mode?
Most of tools I'm using have some mode (often ON by default) where they ask me zero questions while running the command. apt-get is an example close to pip. There's -y option which makes it non-...
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Cannot install python-pip with yum
I am trying to install python-pip in a centos7 docker container, but I think I may be missing some package or something.
[root@aasdfasdfa /]# yum -y install python-pip
Loaded plugins: ...
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Run pip for python3 on Fedora
I can't run pip for python3 (3.4) on Fedora 22. Pip for python2.7 is installed on system by default and works fine. I install package python3-pip but can't run it.
pip3, pip-3.4, python3-pip, python3 ...
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How to install pip and easy_install on CentOS
I tried to install pip and easy_install on my CentOS but could not find them.
How can I install them?
Also, I have two versions of Python, 2.4 and 2.7. How will pip make sure to link newly installed ...
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installing wxpython via pip or easy_install
I am running into some problems installing wxpython using pip.
Here is my current output:
[myuserid]% sudo pip install wxpython
Downloading/unpacking wxpython
Downloading wxPython2.8-win64-devel-2....
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How to fix "Permission Denied" in Git Bash in Windows 10?
Whenever I tried to run this command: python get-pip.py, git bash gave me this response: bash: /c/Users/Sergio Ley/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python: Permission denied. I don't know how to ...
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Re-scan python libraries after pip install in Visual Studio Code
Every time i install a python library using pip (e.g. pip install requests) i have to reload Visual Studio Code, so it starts scanning installed libraries (even when using the pip install-command from ...
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pip not working on hombrew python 2.7 install
I've installed python using homebrew and I can't invoke pip from the bash. I've tried amending my .bash_profile to include /usr/local/bin/python and /usr local/share/python to no avail.
When I use ...
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pip - Get long description of uninstalled package?
For apt-based operating systems, there is an apt-cache show subcommand which shows everything known about a particular package, including version, dependencies, and long description.
Although pip has ...
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How to install python-pip in CentOS7 Docker Container
I am trying to build a docker container that includes pip.
I am on CentOS 7.
Here is the fragment from running the docker build command:
Step 3 : RUN yum -y install python-pip
---> Running in ...
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Ansible installed via pip3, but Ansible commands not found
I have installed Ansible via pip3, but I can't find the Ansible commands (ansible --version, ansible-playbook, etc.)
Here's the listing that shows that Ansible is installed via pip3:
:~# pip3 list | ...
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Extremely slow pypi package retrieval with i.e. pip
Finding python packages using tools such as pip or easy_install takes very long, up to ten minutes, on my local desktop running Ubuntu 12.10. The same procedures are lightning fast on my cloud servers....
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How to properly install Pipenv on WSL Ubuntu 18.04?
I know this sounds like a pretty basic question but i've been frustrating myself to no end for the better part of a day. Am trying to set up a python environment in Windows Subsystem for Linux and ...
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Why is pip not listed in easy_install on CentOS 6? Where to get it?
I am trying to install pip for python on CentOS 6. I thought of installing it through easy_install but it is not there. I tried to find easy_install with find command, but no luck.
I tried to re-...
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Why pip throwing an error when installing numpy in Termux?
I'm installing numpy in Termux. When I run pip install numpy --no-cache-dir, the error was:
File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/pip-install-ywfqxfk8/numpy_cf9d5c136bf14c7f9ce4181f190e4581/...
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OS X Lion easy_install requires sudo ...?
I'm on OS X Lion and wanting to setup python virtual environments. I want to use virtualenvwrapper.
Can someone confirm that the correct way to do this is to install packages via easy_install (and ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: E: Unable to locate package python-pip
I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 and I have come across an issue when trying to install pip. On my older machines running 18.04, the command ran fine and installed the package. However, when ...
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The 'pip==9.0.3' distribution was not found and is required by the application
I have the latest version of pip in my laptop.I always get this error when I install any modules using pip.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 6, in <module>
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How to preserve files downloaded by pip after failed installation?
If pip install a_package fails (e.g. pip install matplotlib in setuptools isn't new enough), the next invokation of pip install my_package causes the file to be downloaded again instead of just ...
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vscode & pipenv - pipenv not found
I am consistently getting the following error with VSCode for Mac when using pipenv:
Workspace contains Pipfile but 'pipenv' was not found. Make sure 'pipenv' is on the PATH.
Running "which pipenv" ...
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SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED error in a docker container
I'm running into the following error message when I do easy_install pip:
root@ff45b7b74944:/# easy_install pip
Searching for pip
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Download error on https://...
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how do i install pip in cygwin? [closed]
I want to install pip in cygwin (Windows 10). When I try that I get the comment that the destination file is missing. So how can I choose file? Is there any way to see the entire file system in cygwin?...
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Where does pip install to on Linux when i use --user
I just installed a Python app using pip2 install pyriscope --user and now I need to find the installed files, since it seems like the app is built to use the python assuming it's python2, when on my ...
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How to install python packages with all dependencies offline via pip3?
first of all I have managed to install Ansible on a server which has no internet access. But I wonder if my approach is correct.
At first I downloaded the necessary dependencies via pip3.
pip3 ...
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The suggested way to handle pip(easy_install) with homebrew?
I know there are brew-gem and brew-pip but it is still really easy to get confused. Let's say my Mac OS X is 10.7.2.
There are at least, as far as I know, 3 locations for Python modules (assume 2.7):
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AWS Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade Python to 2.7.10, how to deal with apt-get python-dev
Ubuntu 14.04 from AWS ships with python 2.7.6.
Before doing anything else to the image, I do an upgrade to 2.7.10 by issuing
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential checkinstall libreadline-gplv2-...
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Can't install anything on pip
Everytime I try to install anything on pip it ends with following error message.
The package setup script has attempted to modify files on your system
that are not within the EasyInstall build area, ...
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Cannot install matplotlib in cygwin (freetype issue)
It would be really nice to have matplotlib in my cygwin environment. I have 64-bit Windows 8 with 64-bit cygwin.
When I type:
pip install matplotlib
I get whe following error message:
* The ...
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Removing old files left by attempted pip installation
I'm installing a package through pip, but it fails due to lack of space (IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device). The only filesystem with lack of space is /dev/sda2. I don't quite understand why ...
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Do pip and easy_install download Python packages securely?
For example, do they check a digital signature (like apt-get and Windows Update) or can they be required to use SSL? If not, I'm a bit concerned that the downloaded packages could be trojaned..
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Can I install packages from specific channels when using PIP as it's possible in Anaconda?
In Anaconda, there is the option of adding "channels" to the configuration files.
Every package installed with conda install ... will first look for packages in these channels (such as the intel ...
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No module named yum when working on RHEL 8
Since our application works with python2, we needed to move to RHEL 8
After we installed python2 on RHEL 8 machine, we see the following:
rpm -qa | grep python2
python2-pip-9.0.3-19.module+el8.6.0+...
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Difficulty running pip from command prompt
I'm trying to install numpy on my computer following the instructions here.
I've got the command prompt working to find python after adding it to my path and I installed it from python.org which ...
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pip.install has stopped working: "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement <package>"
I have seen a few related questions, and I've tried all of their recommendations:
I'm using anaconda, so I downgraded from 3.7 to 3.6
I upgraded pip using curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | ...
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Installing ctypes in Python 3.7
I'm currently using Python 3.7 and Pycharm for my work.
Recently I got a code that is done at Python2.7 and it includes a library named 'ctypes.'
First I tried to download it through pip by Ctrl+Alt+...
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pip cannot fetch URL because of an error with the SSL certificate
All of a sudden pip, Python's package manager, could no longer install new modules. The problem is fetching the URL and the cause seems to be the SSL certificate. I sort of understand what this means, ...
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Pip and distribute not working on Python 3.3
I'm new to Python and I am trying to install it on Windows. I am starting to use it because I have to set-up a watch service for a Windows folder, and then update a database when there are changes in ...
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need <unrar/dll.hpp> to pip install unrardll on Ubuntu
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, Calibre gives this error when opening a .cbr file:
calibre, version 3.21.0
...
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/unrar.py", line 53, in extract
from ...
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PIP install and Python path
I am using pip install on a mac to get my python requirements for a django website.
I got pip from MacPorts
port install pip-2.7
Now the problem is the pip installs the packages in a location which ...
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Why running iTerm2 the first time installs pip3?
When iTerm2 is run for the first time on a Mac, it starts installing pip3. I am trying to understand why.
In my case I was on a slow network and the install would have take 3 hours, so I stopped the ...
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pip3 is not installed with the latest python3 via Homebrew (macOS)
pip3 disappeared after the latest Homebrew python3 update.
user:~$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.3
user:~$ pip3 --version
-bash: pip3: command not found
Homebrew claims that it installed the ...
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Why does dnf uninstall python-pip want to uninstall Fedora?
Having trouble installing packages with pip (wow. so unexpect. much surprise) and upon trying to toss it entirely and start over (no, dnf reinstall was not sufficient) I found that dnf seemed to think ...
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Upgrade/update yt-dlp via pip?
There used to be a top answer with a simple command to update yt-dlp via pip, and I swore it was pip install --upgrade yt-dlp, but maybe it was python3 pip install --upgrade yt-dlp. I cannot test it ...
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No Ansible config file or /etc/ansible directory after trying pip and yum install
So I have been trying to install Ansible for some server management however it seems that yum and pip both don't want to co-operate:
I tried a yum install which refuses to work because it cant seem ...
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Can't use pip after download?
This is how I downloaded pip:
I installed https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and placed it in the scripts subdirectory of Python.
Then I ensured that the scripts subdirectory was a part of my ...
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how to install cx_oracle package with pip from Ubuntu linux?
I am trying to install cx_oracle from Ubuntu using pip install cx_oracle however I get the error below. Also tried to go to the pip package page and it does not look like there are any files ...
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why pip install turtle (graphics) error
I get the following error when installing turtle, what should I do?
$ sudo pip install turtle --proxy http://10.144.1.10:8080
WARNING: Running pip install with root privileges is generally not a good ...
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