installing-and-upgrading-packages.md

Installing And Upgrading Packages

Category: Python

Python packages can be installed using pip.

For example, to install the requests package:

pip install requests

To install a specific version:

pip install requests==2.24.0

To upgrade a package use the --upgrade flag:

pip install requests --upgrade

To list installed packages (showing outdated ones):

pip list --outdated

To show details about a specific packages:

pip show requests

Uninstall a specific package:

pip uninstall requests

See pip - The Python Package Installer for more details.