diff --git a/ipydeps/__init__.py b/ipydeps/__init__.py
index 68dbc70..790cc8c 100644
--- a/ipydeps/__init__.py
+++ b/ipydeps/__init__.py
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ def importlib_invalidate_caches():
 _pip_run_args = [sys.executable, '-m', 'pip']
 
 def _get_pip_exec(config_options):
-    def _pip_exec(args1, args2):
-        return _run_get_stderr(_pip_run_args+args1+args2)
+    def _pip_exec(args1, args2, **kwargs):
+        return _run_get_stderr(_pip_run_args+args1+args2, **kwargs)
 
     if '--use-pypki2' in config_options:
         import pypki2pip
@@ -290,22 +290,21 @@ def _find_overrides(packages, dep_link):
 
     return overrides
 
-def _run_get_stderr(cmd):
+def _run_get_stderr(cmd, progress=False):
     returncode = 0
     err = None
-
+    
     try:
         subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         returncode = e.returncode
-
         if sys.version_info.major == 3:
             err = _bytes_to_str(e.stderr)
         elif sys.version_info.major == 2:
             err = e.output
         else:
             raise Exception('Invalid version of Python')
-
+            
     return returncode, err
 
 def _get_freeze_package_name(info):
@@ -335,10 +334,11 @@ def _subtract_stdlib(stdlib_packages, packages):
     return packages - stdlib_packages
 
 def _run_and_log_error(cmd):
-    returncode, err = _run_get_stderr(cmd)
-
-    if returncode != 0 and err is not None:
-        _logger.error(err)
+    package_errs = _run_get_stderr(cmd)
+    if package_errs:
+        for package, (returncode, err) in package_errs.items():
+            if returncode != 0 and err is not None:
+                _logger.error(err)
 
 def package(pkg_name):
     packages = _pkg_name_list(pkg_name)
@@ -371,15 +371,17 @@ def _log_stdlib_packages(stdlib_packages, packages):
         if package in stdlib_packages:
             _logger.warning('{0} is part of the Python standard library and will be skipped.  Remove it from the list to remove this warning.'.format(package))
 
-def _log_before_after(before, after):
+def _log_before_after(before, after, errors):
     new_packages = after - before
 
     if len(new_packages) == 0:
         _logger.warning('No new packages installed')
     elif len(new_packages) > 0:
         _logger.info('New packages installed: {0}'.format(', '.join(sorted(list(new_packages)))))
+    if errors:
+        _logger.error('Unable to install the following packages: {0}'.format(', '.join(sorted(list(errors)))))
 
-def pip(pkg_name, verbose=False):
+def pip(pkg_name, verbose=False, progress=False):
     args = [
         'install',
     ]
@@ -410,24 +412,38 @@ def pip(pkg_name, verbose=False):
 
     # calculate and subtract what's installed again after overrides installed
     packages = _subtract_installed(packages)
-
     packages = list(packages)
     args.extend(_remove_internal_options(_remove_per_package_options(_config_options)))
     args.extend(_per_package_args(packages, _config_options))
 
+    if progress:
+        import tqdm
+        if _in_ipython():
+            progress_bar = tqdm.tqdm_notebook(total=len(packages), desc='Installing packages')
+        else:
+            progress_bar = tqdm.tqdm(total=len(packages), desc='Installing packages')
+            
     if len(packages) > 0:
         _logger.debug('Running pip to install {0}'.format(', '.join(sorted(packages))))
         pip_exec = _get_pip_exec(_config_options)
-        returncode, err = pip_exec(args + packages)
-
-        if returncode != 0 and err is not None:
-            _logger.error(err)
-
-        _invalidate_cache()
-        _refresh_available_packages()
+        package_errs = {}
+        for package in packages:
+            _logger.debug('Installing {0}...'.format(package))
+            returncode, err = pip_exec(args + [package], progress=progress)
+            if err:
+                package_errs[package] = err
+            # only update the bar if a package is successfully installed?
+            if progress and not err:
+                progress_bar.update()
+            _invalidate_cache()
+            _refresh_available_packages()
 
     packages_after_install = _already_installed()
-    _log_before_after(packages_before_install, packages_after_install)
+    _log_before_after(packages_before_install, packages_after_install, list(package_errs.keys()))
+    
+    for package, err in package_errs.items():
+        _logger.error(err)
+                
     _logger.debug('Done')
 
 def _make_user_site_packages():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b8580ca..89653d4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     url='https://github.com/nbgallery/ipydeps',
     packages=['ipydeps'],
     package_data={'ipydeps': ['data/*.txt']},
-    install_requires=['pip', 'setuptools', 'pypki2>=0.10.1'],
+    install_requires=['pip', 'setuptools', 'pypki2>=0.10.1', 'tqdm'],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Topic :: Utilities',