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16 questions linked to/from apt-get install vs pip install
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pip and apt-get install commands [duplicate]
I would like to ask what the command pip does? Does it install a new application? If the answer is 'yes', so why do we have to type "apt-get install" after using "pip"?
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Differences between apt-get, Synaptic and pip [duplicate]
I'm only beginning to manage my own system in any sort of self-aware sense. Sometimes when I install Python packages, I use pip, sometimes apt-get and sometimes Synaptic. It generally depends on ...
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Why use Python PIP on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
The Pip program is included by default with Python 3.4, and can also be installed on older versions. The aim is to provide a standard method of installing additional Python modules, which are ...
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How to manage python packages in ubuntu? [duplicate]
I am relatively new to setting up my own programming environment from scratch. I followed this tutorial and set up a virtual machine as well as a virtual environment. When I started working on a ...
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What is the best way to install Python packages?
What is the best way to install Python packages in Ubuntu 11? I am a recent convert to Ubuntu and want to learn best practices.
For context, I am looking to install the tweeststream package, but I ...
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Install package into virtualenv using apt-get
According to this answer, apt-get installs packages system-wide (from canonical), and only pip can install packages into a virtualenv (from Pypi).
However, I need to install a package into a ...
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How to install django?
Help to install Django. When I extract the file the contents have been just dumped all over my Home folder and when I try to either import django or sudo install it I get errors.
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apt-get install python-xxx vs pip install
I'm still trying to understand this problem I'm having and have read a ton of posts regarding sudo apt-get install python-XXX vs pip install, and I understand the jist of it (apt-get is a package repo,...
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How to determine which python modules were installed with `pip` and which with `apt`?
I was trying to fix my problem with ReText (installed system-wide with pip3).
Two of my 16.04 LTS systems have different output of pip3 list.
I know that pip3 list shows all packages (installed with ...
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pip doesn't know of apt-get installed packages
On a quite fresh Ubuntu 16.04, I'm installing ipython with pip, as a user installation. Pip itself was installed from the python-pip Ubuntu package (8.1.1), and so are some dependencies like pygments ...
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Update-notifier-common & flashplugin-installer errors
I'm new to Linux. I just dual booted Ubuntu 16.04 on a Windows 10 computer. Every time I try to install anything errors having to do with update-notifier-common and flashplugin-installer. Here is an ...
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How to install the most recent numpy, scipy and scikit on ubuntu?
I need to install numpy 1.9 ('cause some methods are available in this version, not in the previous) which isn't the numpy package proposed yet today (apt-get returns 1.8).
How to install the latest ...
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Terminal states ipython not installed despite being installed
I installed ipython using python-pip. Here is the traceback :
user@MY-PC:~$ sudo pip install ipython
[sudo] password for user:
Downloading/unpacking ipython
Downloading ipython-2.3.0-py27-none-...
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python packages not updating with pip
I'm a bit confused about sudo apt-get install python-<package> vs sudo pip install vs pip install. I have read many posts on the matter:
What are the risks of running 'sudo pip'?,
Is it ...
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Using apt-get or pip version of virtualenv and numpy
So I am pretty new to Ubuntu and Python, so apologies if this is a stupid question. I have been consulting this question on what package manager to use for Python apt-get install vs pip install
and ...