Installing python packages

We can now simply install any package with pipenv or pip. If you are in the activated virtual environment of pipenv, you can simply install pip, or else you need to use pipenv in order to install the dependencies for the current project. 

Pipenv : Python Package Management Tool

We will be exploring the Python package management tool Pipenv. It is a dependency management tool in python. It is a high-level tool for managing dependency inside a Python project Pipenv is Python’s recommended package manager. It is simple and easier to use as compared to pip and virtual environment combined. 

Pipenv creates a virtual environment separately for each initialization of the project. It is by default located in a specific folder but that can be configured, we will dive into this in this article later.

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Installation

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Installing python packages

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