In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install and configure Pip on CentOS 8. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
Pip is a package management system that allows you to install Python packages. With pip, you can install packages from the Python Package Index (PyPI) and other repositories.
Install Pip on CentOS
Step 1. The first command will update the package lists to ensure you get the latest version and dependencies.
sudo dnf update
Step 2. Install PIP on CentOS 8.
- Installing python2-pip
Install pip for Python 2 and all of its dependencies by typing:
sudo dnf install python2-pip
Confirming the installation by printing the pip version:
$ pip2 -V pip 9.0.3 from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)
- Installing python3-pip
Install pip for Python 3 and all of its dependencies:
sudo dnf install python3-pip
Confirming the installation by printing the pip version:
$ pip3 -V pip 9.0.3 from /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)
Step 3. Basic usage of PIP.
- Basic usage of PIP for python 3
To list all the commands in PIP enter following
pip3 --help
Get information of specific command enter following
pip3 install --help
To search package with PIP enter following
pip3 search PACKAGE_NAME
Install package with PIP enter following in terminal
pip3 install PACKAGE_NAME
To install package from requirements file
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Upgrade package with PIP
pip3 install --upgrade PACKAGE_NAME
Uninstall package with PIP
pip3 uninstall PACKAGE_NAME
- Basic usage of PIP for python 2
To list all the commands in PIP enter following
pip --help
Get information of specific command enter following
pip install --help
To search package with PIP enter following
pip search PACKAGE_NAME
Install package with PIP enter following in terminal
pip install PACKAGE_NAME
To install package from requirements file
pip install -r requirements.txt
Upgrade package with PIP
pip install --upgrade PACKAGE_NAME
Uninstall package with PIP
pip uninstall PACKAGE
Congratulation, you have learned how to install and configure Pip on CentOS 8. If you have any question, please leave a comment below.
