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I would like to ask what the command pip does? Does it install a new application? If the answer is 'yes', so why do we have to type "apt-get install" after using "pip"?

CrazySynthax
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pip installs packages for and apps written in Python which are published to PyPI, the Python Package Index.

apt-get installs software from Ubuntu and third-party repositories. Many pip-installable packages have an equivalent apt package. For example, you can install the cherrypy Python module using either pip or apt-get:

pip install cherrypy

or:

sudo apt-get install python-cherrypy

Also, no, you don't have to type apt-get install after pip install.