Python – Using the builtin software repo, Pip

Pip is the python equivalent of "linux redhat's yum"


It comes included with python 3.4.

it is something that you run from the powershell command line rather than within python terminal itself, e.g.

[powershell]
PS C:\Users\Mir\Desktop=> pip install -U selenium
Downloading/unpacking selenium
Running setup.py (path:C:\Users\Mir\AppData\Local\Temp\pip_build_Mir\selenium\setup.py)
egg_info for package selenium

Installing collected packages: selenium
Running setup.py install for selenium

Successfully installed selenium
Cleaning up…
PS C:\Users\Mir\Desktop=>
[/powershell]
 
useful links:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8548030/syntax-error-on-install-when-doing-pip-install-for-python