How to update pip to latest version 20.0.2

Question

While using this command

"python -m pip install --upgrade pip"

I get this error message:

"Collecting pip
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/54/0c/d01aa759fdc501a58f431eb594a17495f15b88da142ce14b5845662c13f3/pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pip
  Found existing installation: pip 19.2.3
    Uninstalling pip-19.2.3:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\program files (x86)\\python38-32\\lib\\site-packages\\pip-19.2.3.dist-info\\entry_points.txt'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

WARNING: You are using pip version 19.2.3, however version 20.0.2 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command."

What's the solution to this?

Does this answer your question? [How do I update\upgrade pip itself from inside my virtual environment?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15221473/how-do-i-update-upgrade-pip-itself-from-inside-my-virtual-environment) — borgr, May 04 '21 at 05:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '20 at 04:57

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I'm not too sure what the error could be, but I suspect the problem is that you are not running your terminal/command prompt as an administrator. So when you are launching your terminal/command prompt just right-click and run as administrator

Or you could try using a different method of updating pip,

pip install --upgrade pip

answered Mar 27 '20 at 04:57

Kirshan Murali

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This was not helpful – Hemanth Jun 02 '21 at 11:55

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '20 at 05:48

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Can you try with this command instead ? Also if any issue persists try running cmd as Administrator

python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip

answered Mar 27 '20 at 05:48

Dragon

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How to update pip to latest version 20.0.2

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