Installing with get-pip.py
To install pip, securely download get-pip.py. [1]:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
As when running any script downloaded from the web, ensure that you have reviewed the code and are happy that it works as you expect. Then run the following:
python get-pip.py
Be cautious if you are using a Python install that is managed by your operating system or another package manager. get-pip.py
does not coordinate with those tools, and may leave your system in an inconsistent state.
get-pip.py
also installs setuptools [2] and wheel if they are not already. setuptools is required to install source distributions. Both are required in order to build a Wheel Cache (which improves installation speed), although neither are required to install pre-built wheels.
Note
The get-pip.py script is supported on the same python version as pip. For the now unsupported Python 2.6, alternate script is available here.
get-pip.py options
--no-setuptools
If set, do not attempt to install setuptools
--no-wheel
If set, do not attempt to install wheel
get-pip.py
allows pip install options and the general options. Below are some examples:
Install from local copies of pip and setuptools:
python get-pip.py --no-index --find-links=/local/copies
Install to the user site [3]:
python get-pip.py --user
Install behind a proxy:
python get-pip.py --proxy="http://[user:passwd@]proxy.server:port"
get-pip.py
can also be used to install a specified combination of pip
, setuptools
, and wheel
using the same requirements syntax as pip
:
python get-pip.py pip==9.0.2 wheel==0.30.0 setuptools==28.8.0
Using Linux Package Managers
See Installing pip/setuptools/wheel with Linux Package Managers in the Python Packaging User Guide.
Upgrading pip
On Linux or macOS:
pip install -U pip
On Windows [4]:
python -m pip install -U pip
Python and OS Compatibility
pip works with CPython versions 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and also pypy.
This means pip works on the latest patch version of each of these minor versions. Previous patch versions are supported on a best effort approach.
pip works on Unix/Linux, macOS, and Windows.