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How to Install pip on Raspberry Pi

Package Installer for Python, commonly called pip, is an open-source platform for installing Python packages on your Raspberry Pi system. It retrieves packages from the “pi-wheel” server, making it easier for you to install packages without needing additional dependencies. The package installation from pip is efficient as it compiles the code from the source and then prepares it accordingly for installation.

In this article, we will show you how you can install pip on Raspberry Pi to easily download and install packages based on Python.

How to Install pip on Raspberry Pi

Package installation through pip is an effective way to handle package dependency errors as you just need a pip installation command to install the packages with required dependencies. However, to use the pip command, you must install pip through the following steps:

Step 1: Update Raspberry Pi OS

Before moving towards the pip installation, the better way is to update current packages on your Raspberry Pi system using the following command:

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install pip on Raspberry Pi

To install pip on Raspberry Pi, follow the below-mentioned command:

$ sudo apt install python3-pip

Step 3: Check pip Version on Raspberry Pi

To check the pip version, you can use the following command:

$ pip --version

The above output ensures that you have successfully installed pip on Raspberry Pi and you are good to install packages through pip using the following syntax.

$ pip3 install <package_name>

Remove pip from Raspberry Pi

You can remove pip easily from your system using the following command:

$ sudo apt remove python3-pip -y

Conclusion

pip is a standard package management system for installing python packages on Raspberry Pi. The installation procedure of pip is pretty simple, and you can do it using the guidelines mentioned above that require an “apt” installation command to install pip successfully. Once the installation is completed, you can install any Python package using the pip3 command mentioned in the above guideline.

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Awais Khan

I'm an Engineer and an academic researcher by profession. My interest for Raspberry Pi, embedded systems and blogging has brought me here to share my knowledge with others.