40  PIP (Package installer for python)

PIP is the package installer for python. It is the default and most used tool for installing other packages.

Normally, you install packages from Python Package Index. You can search for packages in its own web site. As of 2022-11, python package index had more than 400_000 projects.

But you can also install from

• project files itself

  python -m pip install projectfiles-1.0.zip

• git repositories like github

  python -m pip install git+https://github.com/ati-ozgur/Pyevolve3.git@main

• distribution files (especially useful behind proxies)

  • source distribution

  python -m pip install projectfiles-1.0.zip

  • wheel distribution

  python -m pip install projectfiles-1.0.py3-none-any.whl

Also you can install multiple packages using requirements.txt files

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

with pip list, you can see which packages are installed in your computer.

python -m pip list

If you want, you can uninstall any package

python -m pip uninstall projectfiles