pip install <package> # Example: pip install pandas # Example: pip install requests
5 Simple Steps to Install a Library in Python
Follow this 5 step procedure to install a library, module, or package in Python:
- Download Python if you haven’t already and install it in your environment.
- Add the
python
orpip
commands to your environment variable so you can access them from the command line (Win) or terminal (macOS, Linux). - After Python is installed, run the following PIP command in your shell/terminal/cmd: python -m pip install xxx. Replace
xxx
with your library name (e.g.,python -m pip install pandas
to install pandas). - This may fail for various reasons. To work around those, try either
pip install xxx
,pip3 install xxx
, orpython3 -m pip install xxx
. If none works, go back to step 2. - Verify the library
xxx
is installed using the commandpip list
orpip3 list
, or the Python expressionimport xxx; print(xxx.__version__)
. Of course, replacexxx
with your library name (e.g.,pandas
orrequests
).
Related Tutorials
If you run into the ModuleNotFoundError
, check out our full guide on how to resolve it here:
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If you want to check the package version, check out our full guide on this here:
π Recommended Tutorial: 8 Best Ways to Check the Package Version in Python
Do you want to install a specific package or module version? Try this tutorial:
π Recommended Tutorial: Installing Specific Package Versions With PIP
Do you have a wheel (.whl
) file to install the Python package? Check out this tutorial on the Finxter blog!
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Finally, are you on PyCharm? Use this simple approach to install a package there:
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