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Users find development ease in pip, as it simplifies managing and installing Python packages efficiently. (1 mentions)

Users find pip's ease of use greatly simplifies managing and installing Python packages, enhancing workflow efficiency. (1 mentions)

Users face insufficient documentation, often relying on the internet for solutions to version conflicts and dependencies. (1 mentions)

Users face occasional version conflicts with pip, often needing to search online for resolutions. (1 mentions)

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Verified User in Market Research

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/2/2019

"One Line Install Module"

5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

I just use "pip install -r MODULES.txt" and boom, all my modules gets installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

There is nothing about to dislike it in my experience. Its so cool and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering pip python:

Amazing module to install anything module in a click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is pip python solving and how is that benefiting you?

Just using a single name (the required module name), it get installed. No need to go though github or somewhere to download tar files and then manually install. Saves huge time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/26/2019

"Package manager for Python and marketing workflows"

4.5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

My job in marketing is heavily analytical and the PIP package manager for Python allows me to quickly install on install artifacts and change elements as necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

I dislike how the the package manager for iPhone is open source and doesn't come with the best support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/8/2019

"So easy to install packages"

5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

If you're working with a company you may have security concerns when using this tool, but it makes it so easy to install packages that you may need (such as plotly). Go ahead and type 'pip install sklearn' in the Anaconda console or in the Linux Bash and it does the work for you. Then you can just import the package easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

I don't like how most companies won't allow it to be used. Sometimes you have to download content and use pip to install that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manan W.

Head Teaching Assistant

Consumer Electronics

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/23/2018

"Pip Dependency manager"

5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

It's one of the best dependency managers in general and the only think that works with python. I would say this is one of the things that make python a very widely used language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

There are some weird issues with some pip installs sometime and there is not a lot of support to figure out why those issues occured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/3/2019

"Easy and Widely Used"

5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

Pip is simple and can get you up and running with the Python packages you need quickly. Since Pip is most common to developers in my experience, the Pip repositories are comprehensive. Most Python workspace setups will include a "pip install ..." step. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

There is not much to dislike about Pip, since it is a fairly simple tool. When I first began to use Pip, it was not easy for me to understand the concept of a package manager. Many articles I read assumed you knew what a package manager already was. It would be great if Pip made it very easy to become familiar with what it does and why you need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Sports

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/29/2018

"Python with PIP"

4.5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

We use PIP, with Python, because it is a great package manager for various Python packages. We use a Python version over 3.4, so it came included by default with Python. Basically, it allows us to download and install various packages (via the command line) and thus you can then start using those packages. You can think of those packages as libraries, if you're not familiar with what packages are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

I don't dislike PIP, to be honest. One thing though, is every now and then the download/install of a package fails, but pretty much 99% of the time if I retry the download/install it then goes through. I'm not really sure why it fails sometimes, but it's not a big deal really. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering pip python:

Look into PIP or CONDA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is pip python solving and how is that benefiting you?

For our business, of creating an automated test suite layer in Python (and RobotFramework), we use PIP to download and install various packages we need to support the coding process. One example, is the recent PIP download/install of PILLOW which is a library we use to support our code working with image uploading. It's a pretty refined library and works great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/23/2018

"Great tool to manage dependencies for Python"

5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

I have been using PIP for 6 years now, it is a savior for managing dependencies for python. It helps quickly search, install and purge python packages without the mess of manually downloading and installing packages. It now comes inbuilt with new python versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

Although a great tool doesn't support virtualenv out of the box, and can easily mess up operating systems dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering pip python:

for beginners, it is the go-to tool, and for advanced users, If you are already using virtualenv using pip is handy, else you are going to mess up your os Python installation, so be a little careful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is pip python solving and how is that benefiting you?

Building and deploying Python applications to solve distributed computing problems and automation scripts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

William C.

Analista de Procesos

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/24/2018

"Using pip is the best way to manage python dependencies"

4.5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

You get the most updated library versions if you compare to package managers like apt or yum and it is easier to compile the modules. The best thing about pip is its simplicity, usually the packages are updated to the most recent version, it is well documented and there are a lot of maintainers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about pip python?

Currently I have not had any problems using pip Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering pip python:

My recommendation for all the developers that have decided to use PIP is that they have to read about how it works and the features it offers, PIP is very useful for teamwork because it allows everyone involved in the same project to work on base to the same libraries installing all the dependencies from a simple file, if you are looking to standardize your code, reduce development time and compatibility errors that can be generated, using PIP is your best option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is pip python solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has been very helpful when we have several programmers for the same project and they have different distributions of Linux, with PIP we make sure that they all have the same version of the libraries, which

avoids future errors due to incompatibility, by standardizing the process you avoid possible problems in the future. When all developers receive the same requirements file, incompatibility errors are reduced or eliminated, development time is reduced, productivity is increased and processes are standardized,

finally all this becomes cost reduction without negatively affecting the quality of the projects that are being developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshat M.

Applied Scientist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/23/2019

"Best way to manage python package installations"

4.5/5

What do you like best about pip python?

command line interface! you simply write 'pip install <package-name>' and the package gets downloaded and installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.