How to install multiple python packages at once using pip

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Florin picture Florin · Mar 31, 2012 · Viewed 179.1k times · Source

I know it's an easy way of doing it but i didn't find it neither here nor on google. So i was curious if there is a way to install multiple packages using pip. Something like: 

pip install progra1 , progra2 ,progra3 ,progra4 .

or:

pip install (command to read some txt containing the name of the modules)

Answer

Kristian Glass picture Kristian Glass · Mar 31, 2012

For installing multiple packages on the command line, just pass them as a space-delimited list, e.g.:

pip install wsgiref boto

For installing from a text file, then, from pip install --help:

-r FILENAME, --requirement=FILENAME

Install all the packages listed in the given requirements file. This option can be used multiple times.

Take a look at the pip documentation regarding requirements files for their general layout and syntax - note that you can generate one based on current environment / site-packages with pip freeze if you want a quick example - e.g. (based on having installed wsgiref and boto in a clean virtualenv):

$ pip freeze
boto==2.3.0
wsgiref==0.1.2

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