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Is it safe to use pip install-u pip?


Asked by Zendaya Grant on Dec 09, 2021 FAQ



If pip install -U pip is used then pip first uninstalls itself and may hang up in the middle of the whole process. So it is safe to use: python -m pip install -U pip for Python 2.7 (or any Python version if run from inside venv) I face the same error and resolved it with the following commands.
Indeed,
pip-safe is the safe and easy pip package manager for command-line apps from PyPi. Using pip install ... outside virtualenv can simply break your system . So many tutorials out there blindly recommend that without any note of having to use virtualenvs, and so many people do just run that without any knowledge of what a virtualenv is.
Also, Setuptools is a suite of configuration enhancements to the Python distutils that facilitates building Python distributions. It is required to install source distributions, or “sdists,” a distribution format that provides the metadata and source files needed for tools like pip.
Next,
Using pip install ... outside virtualenv can simply break your system . So many tutorials out there blindly recommend that without any note of having to use virtualenvs, and so many people do just run that without any knowledge of what a virtualenv is.
And,
One of the most common problems with running Python tools like pip is the “not on PATH” error. This means that Python cannot find the tool you’re trying to run in your current directory. In most cases, you’ll need to navigate to the directory in which the tool is installed before you can run the command to launch it.