What is the difference between sudo pip3 install pygame and sudo apt install python3-pygame

Question

At first I entered the command sudo pip3 install pygame in order to install pygame but then when I entered sudo apt install python3-pygame , It did not prompt me saying that it was already installed. What is the difference?

Answer 1

apt is for Debian packages. pip is for Python packages.

python3-pygame is Python's pygame repackaged as a Debian package. So, technically, not the same as the Python package.

So the difference is how apt and pip report an already installed package.

Answer 2

They may not get you the same version.

pip will get the latest from the pypi package index.

apt will bring you the version that was included for your ubuntu/debian release.

pip can also be used in a virtualenv so as not to pollute your system packages.

In general the pip version will be the newer one.

Answer 3

apt is for linux. pip is for python