Installing Collected Packages

When you run a command like pip install some-package, you may see output that includes the line:

Installing collected packages: requests, urllib3, certifi

This message is normal and simply indicates that pip has gathered all the required packages (including dependencies) and is now installing them.

What Does It Mean?

• Collected packages: These are the packages pip resolved to install based on your request and their dependencies.
• Installing: Pip is copying files into your Python environment (usually site-packages).

Troubleshooting Tips

If the process hangs or fails:

• Check your internet connection.
• Ensure you have write permissions to your Python environment.
• Try upgrading pip: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
• Use a virtual environment to avoid permission issues.

Example Output

$ pip install requests
Collecting requests
  Downloading requests-2.31.0-py3-none-any.whl (62 kB)
Collecting urllib3<3,>=1.21.1
  Downloading urllib3-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl (121 kB)
...
Installing collected packages: urllib3, certifi, requests
Successfully installed certifi-2024.2.2 requests-2.31.0 urllib3-2.2.1