No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/pip'

Question

I had pip installed earlier on my OSX, but its not working somehow. So, i was trying to install pip again, using the command :

sudo easy_install pip

But it gives me the error as below :

pip 9.0.1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin
error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/pip'

I am neither able to use pip, nor install it.

Have you tried this http://cheng.logdown.com/posts/2015/06/14/-usr-bin-pip-no-such-file-or-directory — Vaibhav Desai, Dec 22 '16 at 04:27
Yes, I did check http://cheng.logdown.com/posts/2015/06/14/-usr-bin-pip-no-such-file-or-directory but when I try and check `which pip`, i dont get any response, so I think pip is not there somehow on my system. And i am unable to install it as well. — Sarang Manjrekar, Dec 22 '16 at 04:53

score 59 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 18 '18 at 20:41

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Just run:
$ hash -r
in bash and it will be solved.

edited Apr 18 '18 at 20:41

mx0

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answered Apr 18 '18 at 20:21

Ebin Joseph

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THANK YOU THIS WORKED FOR ME March 2020 – lizziepika Mar 20 '20 at 21:32
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There's no man page for this command, but it does work in some cases -- it updates the bash path hash, which sometimes gets stale under pyenv. https://www.computerhope.com/unix/bash/hash.htm – Autumn Jul 23 '21 at 23:07

score 51 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '22 at 23:08

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In my case, I had to upgrade pip from 22.1.2 to 22.2.1:

pip3 install --upgrade pip

answered Jul 31 '22 at 23:08

Yacine Rouizi

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score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 05 '22 at 01:28

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I solved it by removing the pip file in /usr/local/bin and reinstalling pip.

edited Nov 05 '22 at 01:28

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answered Dec 13 '17 at 01:27

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 12 '22 at 12:01

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Find your pip binary using this:

which pip or which pip3.7

then copy to below path:

sudo cp /home/LOGGED_USER/.local/bin/pip3.7 /usr/bin/pip3.7

answered Sep 12 '22 at 12:01

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 18 '22 at 06:14

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My solution to the "No such file or directory" error was to add to $PATH the directory, where the 'pip' (and 'pip3') commands are installed. In your case such directory might be '/usr/local/bin/pip'.

answered Jul 18 '22 at 06:14

StudentAtLU

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 23 '22 at 02:27

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In my case I was using python3 pip but the working command was pip3

answered Dec 23 '22 at 02:27

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No such file or directory: '/usr/local/bin/pip'

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