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Setting up uv and working with venvs There are a few different ways to install uv. A common and easy way to get started is to use pip to install uv into an underlying Python installation.

Python modules are typically installed using a package manager called 'pip', which launches a 'setup.py' file that is made available by the developer of the package for installation purposes.