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Today’s article is going to teach you how to install PIP in Linux. PIP is a reverse acronym meaning ‘PIP Installs Packages” and it’s a handy tool for the installation and management of Python applications. This article should be pretty short and easy for anyone to understand.

This article is going to be pretty basic, merely telling you how to install PIP and not a whole lot more. The reason I write this article is because it needs to be written. I should also point out that Python is a programming language, though I’d expect most visitors to know that already. But, yes, this article needed to be written.

See, I wanted to tell you about a lovely piece of software (or three), but they all need to be installed with PIP. So, rather than write out the long installation instructions for various distros and package managers each time, I figured I’d make a single article that told you how to install PIP.

That’ll save some time and effort. I can refer back to this when those articles are written. There are many Python applications that can be installed with relative ease – just like you’re installing from your regular Linux repositories. PIP’s Python applications can be installed and uninstalled in the terminal while using PIP, so it’s quite easy.

So then, let’s learn how to…

Install PIP In Linux:

Installing PIP requires a terminal. If you don’t know how to open the terminal, you can do so with your keyboard – just press CTRL + ALT + T and your default terminal should open.

Once you have the terminal open, you can install the appropriate PIP. Most folks will be using Python 3, but a smattering of people will still be using Python 2. I will list the installation instructions, where applicable, with Python 2’s instructions first.

Debian/Ubuntu/derivatives:

sudo apt install python-pip
sudo apt install python3-pip

1 2	sudo apt install python-pip sudo apt install python3-pip

SUSE/openSUSE/derivatives:

sudo zypper install python-pip
sudo zypper install python3-pip

1 2	sudo zypper install python-pip sudo zypper install python3-pip

Fedora/derivatives:

sudo dnf install python-pip
sudo dnf install python3-pip

1 2	sudo dnf install python-pip sudo dnf install python3-pip

RHEL/CentOS/derivatives:

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install python-pip
sudo yum install python3-pip

sudo yum install epel-release

sudo yum install python-pip

sudo yum install python3-pip

Arch/Manjaro/derivatives:

sudo pacman -S python2-pip
sudo pacman -S python-pip

1 2	sudo pacman -S python2-pip sudo pacman -S python-pip

Slackware:

Read Install PIP For Slackwaare Instructions.

The basic usage of PIP is pip install <package>, pip uninstall <package>, and pip search <package>. My readers are smart enough to understand that without further instructions. You can also learn a lot by using man pip. Now you know how to install PIP in Linux.

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Today’s article is going to show you how to transfer files between computers by using a quick Python server. It’s remarkably easy! It’s a temporary server (usually) and lasts only as long as you need it to.

Why would you do this? Well, you can transfer files from one computer to another. It also functions as an HTTP server which makes it easy to test things like simple web pages quickly and easily.

Are there better options? Quite probably. If you want to transfer a single file, then SCP is a good way to go about it. If you want to transfer multiple files, you could setup SFTP. If you want to test web pages, you can likely just write the files locally and then open them up with the browser of your choice.

You have options! And, thankfully, Linux provides all sorts of options – including setting up a quick Python server. As I said, it’s actually pretty easy.

A Quick Python Server:

This article requires an open terminal, like many other articles on this site. If you don’t know how to open the terminal, you can do so with your keyboard – just press CTRL + ALT + T and your default terminal should open.

The first command I want you to run will let us know what version of Python you have installed. Many distros have (at present) moved onto version 3, but some still have Python 2 installed. So, for that information you just run:

python -V

python -V

Now, if you have Python v. 2.x, you would use this command:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

1	python -m SimpleHTTPServer

If you’re using Python v. 3.x then the command you’d use is:

python3 -m http.server

1	python3 -m http.server

(If you’re curious, the -m is telling Python which module to open.)

Anyhow, you can now connect to your server with the following command:

ip.address.of.desktop:8000

1	ip.address.of.desktop:8000

Read how to find your IP address. Instead of an IP address, you can also use your hostname.

Anyhow, you now have a server running on port 8000. If you want to, you can also change the port number. This is the same for both commands. In both cases, just append your chosen port number to the command. Like this:

python3 -m http.server 9000

1	python3 -m http.server 9000

It’d look a little like this:

See? It's a different port number. — Note the changed port number. You should probably avoid reserved ports.

When you’re done with the quick Python server, you can just close it by pressing CTRL + C. If you’re planning on running it long term, you can always run the command with nohup. If applicable, you may also need to open the port in your firewall.

Like I said, it’s a quick and easy server in Python. You definitely wouldn’t want to use this as a public facing server, but it’s fine for quick tasks. Feel free to leave a comment letting folks know how you use this in your day-to-day tasks.

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Tag: python

How To: Install PIP In Linux

Install PIP In Linux:

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How To: Start A Quick Python Server

A Quick Python Server:

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