Detailed explanation of python package manager pip installation

pip is no stranger to friends who use python. When you want to install a python module, you will definitely think of it first. pip is a tool for installing and managing Python packages, and is a replacement for easy_install.

Today, let’s talk about how to install pip.

Method 1: Script installation

   
$ wget https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
$ [sudo] python get-pip.py

Method 2: Source code installation:

$ curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-X.X.tar.gz
$ tar xvfz pip-X.X.tar.gz
$ cd pip-X.X
$ python setup.py install

But an error may occur during the installation process:

An error occurred while trying to run get-pip.py. Make sure you have setuptools or distribute installed.

This error means that you need to install setuptools first

setuptools installation:

wget -q http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
python ez_setup.py

After installing setuptools, just install it from source again.