In order to complete the following tutorial, you must have pip, setuptools and wheel installed. The section below describes the steps for installation. Please note the latest versions of Python include pip.

To install pip, setuptools and wheel, you must have a version of Python installed. You can verify if there is a version of Python in your system by entering the following into your terminal or command prompt.

python --version

If a version number is returned (for example: python 3.5.0), then Python is installed.

Once you have verified a version of Python is installed in your system, you may proceed verifying/installing/upgrading pip, setuptools and wheel in your system.

To verify if pip is installed in your system, enter the following into your command prompt.

pip --version

If a version number is returned (for example: pip 7.X.X), then pip is installed.

If pip is not installed, download get-pip.py from here.

After downloading, run the following command in your prompt as this will install pip.

python get-pip.py

If pip is installed and needs to be upgraded, enter the following command.

pip install --upgrade pip

Once you have verified/upgraded pip in your system, you'll need to verify if you have setuptools installed. To verify, enter the following into your command prompt and you'll see a list of packages managed by pip.

pip list

Scroll through the list, which is listed alphabetically, and locate setuptools.

If setuptools is not installed, enter the following into your command prompt.

pip install setuptools

If setuptools needs to be upgraded, enter the following command.

pip install --upgrade setuptools

Similar to setuptools verification, to verify if wheel is installed, enter the following and locate wheel.

pip list

If wheel is not installed already, enter the following into your command prompt.

pip install wheel

To upgrade, enter the following into your command prompt.

pip install --upgrade wheel