A.3 Installing Python modules and packages
PyPI is the “Python Package Index” and contains over 300,000 modules and
packages that you can download and import. You can browse and search
this catalog at
https://pypi.org/
The pip application downloads and manages
PyPI packages on your system. Use either pip or pip3 from the command
line to start the application. I refer to pip in what follows to demonstrate
several of its capabilities. When you run these commands, your output will likely be different
from what I show here because I have other packages installed. If you are curious, I list the
Python packages on my machine in Appendix F, Production Notes.
Show help information about pip
pip --helpUsage:
pip <command> [options]
Commands:
install Install packages.
download Download packages.
uninstall Uninstall...
