pip Install

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  1. The act of installing a Python package using pip, the standard Python package installer. In developer culture, 'pip install' is such a common workflow phrase that it often stands in for Python package setup more generally.

    In plain English: Installing a Python package with pip.

    Example: "The README lost users immediately if pip install failed, because most people treated that command as the first test of whether the project was serious."

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