Install pip for python 3.5

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SOLUTION My user did not own permissions to the pip directory, I reinstalled Python 3.5 using the sudo -H flag

I'm trying to install Tensorflow for python 3.5 using pip3 -- for reasons described in this github issue -- but when I install using sudo pip3 install *.whl it installs to python 3.4.

How can I redirect pip3 to install into my python 3.5 directory?

I'm running on Ubuntu 14.04

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.4 -m pip --version
pip 8.1.2 from /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip-8.1.2-py3.4.egg (python 3.4)
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 -m pip --version
/usr/local/bin/python3.5: No module named pip

It looks like I don't even have pip installed for python 3.5. How can I do this?

I've tried

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ pip install -U pip
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip-8.1.2-py3.4.egg

Also,

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ whereis pip
pip: /usr/bin/pip /usr/bin/X11/pip /usr/local/bin/pip3.4 /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/local/bin/pip2.7 /usr/share/man/man1/pip.1.gz

I can't find any support for upgrading to pip3.5

UPDATE

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python3-setuptools is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libntdb1 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic python-ntdb
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo python3.5 easy_install.py pip
python3.5: can't open file 'easy_install.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 -m ensurepip
Ignoring ensurepip failure: pip 8.1.1 requires SSL/TLS
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install pip3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pip3


kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libssl-dev is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libntdb1 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic python-ntdb
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 -m ensurepip
Ignoring ensurepip failure: pip 8.1.1 requires SSL/TLS

As recommended by @fwalsh

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 get-pip.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get-pip.py", line 19177, in <module>
    main()
  File "get-pip.py", line 194, in main
    bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
  File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
    import pip
zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available

It seems like I'm missing all sorts of dependencies -- I'm going to try reinstalling

https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#installing-with-get-pip-py — fwalch, Jul 07 '16 at 16:27
@fwalch I added update, it seems I'm missing all sorts of dependencies -- going to try reinstalling 3.5 — Kendall Weihe, Jul 07 '16 at 16:33
so were you able to install pip for python3.5? How did you do that part? That is what the question title is about but it seems you already did that? — Charlie Parker, Feb 08 '17 at 21:39
Can you take the solution, answer your own question, then accept the answer? This would be the approved way to reply to your own question! — L Martin, Jun 26 '17 at 14:38

L Martin · Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T11:15:02.243

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Check: /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages

You'll either have Pip there or easy_install(part of Pythons setup tools), which can be used to install Pip:

sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
sudo python3.5 easy_install.py pip

Or you can try:

python3.5 -m ensurepip

Another option is attempting to install from a repository, the package name depends on your distribution:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip pip3

Edit: Try this correction for easy install:

sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
sudo python3.5 /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/easy_install.py pip

I'm assuming that's the directory it's installed to.

Also, you're missing this library for the python3.5 -m ensurepip command:

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

edited Apr 04 '18 at 11:15

answered Jul 07 '16 at 16:12

L Martin

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added update in the post. I'm beginning to think my python 3.5 install went wrong somewhere. Should I reinstall? – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:14
updated again, and again, is something wrong with my python 3.5 install? lol – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:17
Did you install it from a repository or did you compile it yourself? – L Martin Jul 07 '16 at 16:18
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I installed from the source https://www.python.org/downloads/ although now that I think about it, I'm beginning to think I installed the wrong source (wrong OS?) I clicked on the large `Download Python 3.5.21 button at the top of the page -- I'm running linux **SCRATCH THIS IDEA** – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:20
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`easy_install.py` simply does not exist in my python 3.5 directory – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:23
I've added a few extra commands to try and help. Looks like Python setuptools is missing if you don't have easy_install. And the Open SSL library is ensurepip is complaining about a lack of SSL – L Martin Jul 07 '16 at 16:24
adding the setuptools still doesn't add easy_install. same error message -- what's with the `3 not upgraded` ? – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:27
Try installing the open ssl library and running ensurepip again. It's a surefire way for Python to retrieve a copy of Pip when you need it. – L Martin Jul 07 '16 at 16:29
it's as if it is only seeing python 3.4. trying to reinstall python 3.5 now. This could also be a problem with the latest 3.5 release, I'm also going to try reinstalling with older releases – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:35
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Ah I found the issue! My user did not own the pip directory, I had to use the -H flag – Kendall Weihe Jul 07 '16 at 16:44
weird my `/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages` is completely empty. Not even pip. But I `python3.5` command seems to work fine. – Charlie Parker Feb 08 '17 at 21:44
You can copy the pip package to it from another 3.x installation. Then do: python3.5 -m pip install --upgrade pip to make sure it's the most recent version. The -m makes it look in dist-packages for pip - unless you've installed a python3-pip deb package or created a bash alias you won't be able to just use 'pip3' – L Martin Feb 09 '17 at 11:57
The correct install is `apt-get install python3-pip` – CatCatMcMeows Mar 24 '18 at 23:11
What if I am not on Linux so I don't have `apt-get`? – Ky - Sep 01 '19 at 06:12
My `/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages` is completely empty... – Cerin Aug 30 '21 at 22:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '21 at 22:50

All the various Python 3.* versions seem to re-use the same pip location, which makes it difficult to call for a specific Python version.

However, you can call pip for a specific version by specifying it as a module. So instead of doing:

pip3.5 install <blah>

which doesn't exist on most distros, do:

python3.5 -m pip install <blah>

Andrew Nodermann · Answer 3 · 2020-12-09T13:22:45.237

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Try

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 2

python3 -V

edited Dec 09 '20 at 13:22

answered Dec 09 '20 at 13:13

Andrew Nodermann

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The question is looking for python 3.5 version – akshay dhule Apr 01 '21 at 14:34

Install pip for python 3.5

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