What is a pip for python?

Pip refers to a package-management system written in Python language. Pip is used to install and manage software packages quickly and easily. Using pip for Python applications installation and its dependencies during deployment is recommended by the Python software foundation. The Python Software Foundation recommends. Pip connects to an online repository of public packages called the Python Package Index.

Prerequisites for pip installation

Python must be installed. You can verify by running the command below.

The installation process of pip using command prompt in following steps:

• Using the pip -V command, you can verify whether pip is installed or not.
• The command curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py will request to install the latest version of pip.
• Install pip with python get-pip.py . After you run this command, you can see that pip has been successfully installed.
• You can verify whether pip is installed correctly or not by typing pip -V. If it shows a version, then the pip is installed correctly.