This tutorial will teach you how to install pip3, the package manager for Python, on Ubuntu Linux.

Pip is a Python Package Manager. It’s currently at version 3 – hence, Pip3.

Python is useful on its own, but it’s even more useful when you can start leveraging other people’s pre-written code.

The default repository used by Pip is the Python Package Index (PyPI) (https://pypi.org/). PyPI contains a collection of other users’ code for performing a multitude of tasks, from drawing graphs to artificial intelligence.

To check if pip is installed, you can check the version installed on your Ubuntu system by running the following in the terminal:

If it is installed, you’ll see something like:

If it is not, you can install it by running the following in your terminal:

You can list out all of the available functions in Pip from the terminal:

To see what Pip Packages are already installed on your system:

To install a package, you’ll need to know the name of the package. You can search for packages online in the PyPI package database at https://pypi.org :

Above, we installed the smpl graphing package.

Install a specific version of a package (often done for compatibility reasons):

Update a package you already have installed on your system:

Finally, you can completely remove a package from your system using Pip: