Installing PIP

PIP is very popular among Python users, and using PIP is a Django community best practice. It handles the package installation, performs updates, and removes all the Python package extensions. Thanks to this, we can install all the required packages for Python.

If you have installed Python 3.4 or later, PIP is included with Python.

Installing PIP for Windows

To install PIP, first download it from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip/1.5.4.

Then, we need to install PIP from the executable, but don't forget to define the right Python installation folder, as you can see in the following screenshot:

Installing PIP for Windows

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