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    *   [Authentication](topics/authentication/)

    *   [Caching](topics/caching/)

    *   [Configuration](topics/configuration/)

    *   [Dependency Resolution](topics/dependency-resolution/)

    *   [More on Dependency Resolution](topics/more-dependency-resolution/)

    *   [HTTPS Certificates](topics/https-certificates/)

    *   [Local project installs](topics/local-project-installs/)

    *   [Repeatable Installs](topics/repeatable-installs/)

    *   [Secure installs](topics/secure-installs/)

    *   [VCS Support](topics/vcs-support/)

    *   [Managing a different Python interpreter](topics/python-option/)

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        *   [`pyproject.toml`](reference/build-system/pyproject-toml/)

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    *   [Requirements File Format](reference/requirements-file-format/)

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        *   [Broad functionality overview](development/architecture/overview/)

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pip is the [package installer for Python](https://packaging.python.org/guides/tool-recommendations/). You can use it to install packages from the [Python Package Index](https://pypi.org/) and other indexes.

If you want to learn about how to use pip, check out the following resources:

*   [Getting Started](getting-started/)

*   [Python Packaging User Guide](https://packaging.python.org)

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