Can pip be used with Python Tools in Visual Studio?
Yep! Go to Tools -> Python Tools -> Python Environments.
This will open a new pane where you can select pip (VS 2015) or Packages (VS 2017) from the menu (it will say Overview by default) and then you can enter your module and double click to install.
Some packages have complex dependencies, and you might need to install them manually from these links:
On VS 2017, switch to the "solution explorer" and right click as indicated:
Yes you can, here is a simple guide taken from here https://zignar.net/2012/06/17/install-python-on-windows/
Before you can install Pip, you'll need setuptools or distribute. If you're using Python3, you must use distribute as setuptools doesn't support Python 3.x
To install distribute download the setup file here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute/0.6.27 and invoke it using python.
python.exe C:\Path\to\distribute_setup.py
Now that distribute is installed, Pip can also be installed. Download get-pip.py here https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py and invoke it in the same way you invoked distribute_setup:
python.exe c:\Path\to\get-pip.py
After that Pip is installed. But you might want to add C:\Python32\Scripts to the Path Systemvariable too (see step 1). So you can execute pip.exe from any location.