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The command pip3 search ${package_name}
is a command used to search for Python packages that are available in the Python Package Index (PyPI) using the package manager tool called pip.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
-
pip3
: It is the command-line tool used for managing Python packages. Thepip3
command is specifically used for Python 3.x installations (as it is common to have both Python 2.x and Python 3.x installed parallelly). If you only have Python 3.x installed, you can use thepip
command instead. -
search
: It is a sub-command ofpip3
used to search for packages. By using this sub-command, you can retrieve information about a specific package or search for packages with specific keywords or descriptions. -
${package_name}
: It is a placeholder for the name of the package you want to search for. Replace${package_name}
with the actual name of the package you want to search for. For example, if you want to search for the package named "requests", you would replace${package_name}
withrequests
.
Overall, running the command pip3 search ${package_name}
will search the PyPI repository for packages matching the provided package name and display information about those packages, such as the package name, version, description, and the package's homepage.