Installing 3rd Party Packages

If you use the Python programming language, you have probably run the command:

pip install [package]

at some point. What you may not know is the magic happening behind the scenes. The pipcommand is connecting to the Pypi server Links to an external site. and searching for the package you want. Once it finds that package, it downloads and runs a special python file titled setup.py, which contains a bunch of metadata for the package.

pip Links to an external site. is the recommended installer.  For more detail, see the pip docs, which includes a complete Reference Guide. (you can also install from wheels Links to an external site..)

 

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