bash: pip: command not found

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I downloaded pip and ran python setup.py install and everything worked just fine. The very next step in the tutorial is to run pip install <lib you want> but before it even tries to find anything online I get an error "bash: pip: command not found".

This is on Mac OS X. I'm assuming there's some kind of path setting that was not set correctly when I ran setup.py. How can I investigate further? What do I need to check to get a better idea of the exact cause of the problem?

EDIT: I also tried installing Python 2.7 for Mac in the hopes that the friendly install process would do any housekeeping like editing PATH and whatever else needs to happen for everything to work according to the tutorials, but this didn't work. After installing, running 'python' still ran Python 2.6 and PATH was not updated.

I am running terminal using sudo, so everything should be run as root. The installed did report success. — Trindaz, Mar 20 '12 at 02:52
It's because the python3 path (\bin\) doesn't have "pip" anymore, it has "pip3". Open your terminal and type "pip3 -v" and I'm sure you'll see it's there. Ever since Python 3.5 pip has been included with Python but they renamed it slightly. Hope that helps. — S Walsh, Feb 28 '19 at 00:59
I’m voting to close this question because it is almost ten years old and is specific to a completely obsolete version of Python. As asked, it can only serve to mislead newcomers - since if `pip` is missing from an up-to-date installation then most of the answers here are at best nonsensical and at worst actively harmful. — Karl Knechtel, Jan 12 '22 at 07:37
@SWalsh The question specifically mentions using Python 2.7, so a python3 solution doesn't help users who are using Python 2.7. — Josh Correia, Feb 25 '22 at 09:44
@KarlKnechtel how about editing the body instead with a warning label near the top if you believe so firmly? I don't know Python well myself. — starball, Dec 06 '22 at 21:16

score 565 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 02 '16 at 02:49

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Why not just do sudo easy_install pip or if this is for python 2.6 sudo easy_install-2.6 pip?

This installs pip using the default python package installer system and saves you the hassle of manual set-up all at the same time.

This will allow you to then run the pip command for python package installation as it will be installed with the system python. I also recommend once you have pip using the virtualenv package and pattern. :)

edited Oct 02 '16 at 02:49

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answered Mar 20 '12 at 05:27

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Thanks for the suggestion, sorry but I'm a newbie `sudo: easy_install: command not found` – SSH This Aug 09 '13 at 15:16
TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation (python 3.4) – Aero Wang Jul 15 '15 at 22:06
The link that @PaigeLo posted seems to lead to a random page that made my Safari freeze...would not recommend doing that – covfefe Oct 08 '15 at 20:19
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sudo apt install python-pip? – Juan Zamora Aug 31 '18 at 18:33
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This assumes you have `easy_install` installed. How is this an answer? – Steven Sep 10 '19 at 17:49
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Easy Install is deprecated. Do not use it. Instead use pip. - https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deprecated/easy_install.html – bananaforscale Mar 03 '21 at 14:49
How do you use pip to install pip? – Robert Rapplean Apr 06 '23 at 22:53

cidermole · Answer 2 · 2020-06-27T19:29:56.843

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2020 Update:

For current Debian/Ubuntu, use

apt-get install python3-pip

to install pip3.

Old 2013 answer (easy_install is now deprecated):

~~Use setuptools to install pip:~~ sudo easy_install pip

~~(I know the above part of my answer is redundant with klobucar's, but I can't add comments yet), so here's an answer with a solution to sudo: easy_install: command not found on Debian/Ubuntu:~~ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

~~Also, for python3, use easy_install3 and python3-setuptools.~~

For Python 3, use apt-get install python3-pip.

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answered Aug 10 '13 at 20:34

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for pip3: `sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools` & `sudo easy_install3 pip` – Felix Oct 23 '16 at 00:48
this is the right answer `sudo apt-get install python-setuptools` followed by `sudo easy_install pip` – Luis Martins Apr 19 '18 at 06:28
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@Smily But the question states explicitly that this is for macOS, not Ubuntu – Sri Harsha Chilakapati Mar 24 '20 at 15:59
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@SriHarshaChilakapati you are right and [this answer seems more related: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20340173/9714920](https://stackoverflow.com/a/20340173/9714920) – Smily Mar 25 '20 at 16:10
after installing pytho3-setuptools, i have a command not found trying to execute easy_install3 – realtebo Jun 26 '20 at 12:49

score 358 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '17 at 08:13

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First of all: try pip3 instead of pip. Example:

pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)

pip3 should be installed automatically together with Python3.x. The documentation hasn't been updated, so simply replace pip by pip3 in the instructions, when installing Flask for example.

Now, if this doesn't work, you might have to install pip separately.

answered Oct 13 '17 at 08:13

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All those who installed ubuntu 16 should try this first. – l__flex__l Nov 13 '17 at 08:11
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Worked for me on macOS after `brew install python`. – Fabian Lauer Sep 24 '18 at 09:12
That was exactly my case. Installed Python from .pkg file. – ekar Sep 26 '18 at 08:35
And you can use pip2 if you are using Python 2.x – aris Dec 23 '18 at 02:11

jdi · Answer 4 · 2019-06-12T10:33:20.837

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Update: A more reliable modern way to access the right pip install for the right python install is to use the syntax python -m pip.

Original Answer

pip would install itself into the bin of your python installation location. It also should create a symlink to some more common location like /usr/local/bin/pip

You can either edit your ~/.profile and update your PATH to include /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin, or you could create a symlink to it in a place that you know is in your path.

If you do: echo $PATH, you should see the paths currently being searched. If /usr/local/bin is in your PATH, you can do:

ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pip /usr/local/bin

I would opt for adding the python bin to your $PATH variable.

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answered Mar 20 '12 at 02:51

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Also, there is no /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/ - only 2.7, and the only appeared after I ran the Python 2.7 installer moments ago. Does this mean the default Python 2.6 that comes with Mac doesn't conform to whatever ever standard file locations you assumed? – Trindaz Mar 20 '12 at 03:19
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The system version may be here `/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin`. And ~/ is your home directory with the hidden file `.profile` – jdi Mar 20 '12 at 03:30
There is no file .profile in ~/ but there is a .bash_profile. Are they the same? – Trindaz Mar 20 '12 at 03:44
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macos: ln -s ~/Library/Python/2.7/bin/pip /usr/local/bin/pip – Kesha Antonov Jun 11 '19 at 18:50
@Kesha Antonov that would only work if one actually installed Python into their own user home directory. And then, symlinking it to the system /usr/local/bin would potentially break for other user accounts. – jdi Jun 12 '19 at 10:30
@jdi You suggested in your answer to do "ln". Isn't it safe? – Kesha Antonov Jun 12 '19 at 17:57
@Kesha Antonov I didn't mean that using a symlink at all is bad. Yes my examples show symlinks but they are from system locations that are available to any user of the machine. My argument is that you suggested to link from a single user's home directory install of python into a system location. That means there could be the potential for breakage of another user of the system. While you may only have a system with one user, your suggestion won't always work for everyone. – jdi Jun 13 '19 at 19:54
@jdi Ahh... I got it. Thanks for the explanation! Yep, I think you're right. – Kesha Antonov Jun 14 '19 at 07:30

score 54 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 01 '22 at 09:39

I encountered this problem having downloaded python 3.x.x and trying to install awscli - pip: command not found.

Whilst following the instructions for downloading the AWS client, I changed

pip install awscli

to

pip3 install awscli

which ran the correct version.

I've made an alias on my machine to run python3 whilst typing python, which would normally run the system version 2.7. I'm not sure this is a good idea now. I think I'll just type in the commands as they intended them to be.

score 44 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 21 '22 at 14:57

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Check out How to Install Pip article for more information.

As of 2019,

Download get-pip.py provided by https://pip.pypa.io using the following command:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

Run get-pip.py using the following command:
sudo python get-pip.py

After you done installing, run this command to check if pip is installed.
pip --version

Remove get-pip.py file after installing pip.
rm get-pip.py

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Or `curl -L get-pip.io | sudo python`. – Jon-Eric Jun 28 '20 at 01:26

score 34 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 28 '17 at 04:45

Install Python latest version as given here

It has many download links like numpy and scipy

Then go to terminal and enter following command:-

sudo easy_install pip

For Python install packages check this

Requirements for Installing Packages This section describes the steps to follow before installing other Python packages.

Install pip, setuptools, and wheel If you have Python 2 >=2.7.9 or Python 3 >=3.4 installed from python.org, you will already have pip and setuptools, but will need to upgrade to the latest version:

On Linux or OS X:

pip install -U pip setuptools On Windows:

python -m pip install -U pip setuptools If you’re using a Python install on Linux that’s managed by the system package manager (e.g “yum”, “apt-get” etc…), and you want to use the system package manager to install or upgrade pip, then see Installing pip/setuptools/wheel with Linux Package Managers

Otherwise:

Securely Download get-pip.py 1

Run python get-pip.py. 2 This will install or upgrade pip. Additionally, it will install setuptools and wheel if they’re not installed already.

score 30 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 26 '19 at 23:30

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I spent ages going through all the answers on this page but found the one that worked for me in the comments of the OP question by s-walsh

The answer is to use pip3:

$ pip3 install <name-of-install>

answered Dec 26 '19 at 23:30

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score 23 · Answer 9 · edited Sep 05 '18 at 15:37

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Installing using apt-get installs a system wide pip, not just a local one for your user. Try this command to get pip running on your system ...

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential

Then pip will be installed without any issues and you will be able to use "sudo pip...".

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answered Aug 11 '16 at 06:16

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This won't work as your solution is for *nix when OP specifically said "This is on Mac OS X" – Andy Jarrett Sep 22 '16 at 22:54
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Debian and ubuntu are linux distributions, this question is about mac osx, not linux. – Juha Tauriainen Jan 18 '18 at 08:34

score 20 · Answer 10 · answered May 02 '19 at 10:02

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Most of the methods to install PIP are deprecated. Here is the latest (2019) solution. Please download get-pip script

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

Run the script

sudo python get-pip.py

answered May 02 '19 at 10:02

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or `curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python` – ivansaul Dec 25 '21 at 16:27

dipenparmar12 · Answer 11 · 2021-06-10T05:16:15.577

Latest update 2021.

In `Ubuntu 20 64bit` works perfectly

Installation of python3

sudo apt install python3

Pip Installation

sudo apt install python3-pip

Add following alias in $HOME/.bash_aliases in some cases file may be hidden.

alias pip="/usr/bin/python3 -m pip "

Refresh current terminal session.

. ~/.profile

check pip usage: pip
Install a package: pip install {{package_name}}

extra info

to get Home path

echo $HOME

you will get your home path.

score 15 · Answer 12 · edited Aug 01 '22 at 09:36

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To solve:

Add this line to ~/.bash_profile:
```
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
```
In a terminal window, run
```
source ~/.bash_profile
```

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You only need to source the bash_profile if you just made fresh changes to the file in that same terminal session. When you open any new terminals from that point on, it will already have sourced the new version. – jdi Mar 20 '12 at 04:33
Best answer, after trying making alias, brew install python, sudo python get-pip.py is sudo easy_install pip – Oleksii Kyslytsyn Mar 15 '18 at 14:39

score 14 · Answer 13 · edited Aug 01 '22 at 09:36

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It might be the root permission. I tried exit root login, and use

sudo su -l root
pip <command>

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score 9 · Answer 14 · answered Jul 19 '16 at 15:34

install Homebrew, open Terminal or your favorite OSX terminal emulator and run

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your PATH environment variable. You can do this by adding the following line at the bottom of your ~/.profile file

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH

Now, we can install Python 2.7:

$ brew install python

Get pip repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip

install pip:

$sudo easy_install pip

Just `export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH` solved the problem for me. — Nic Scozzaro, Apr 23 '19 at 20:47

score 8 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 10:15

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python install it by default but if not install you can install it manual use following cmd (for linux only )

for python3 :

sudo apt install python3-pip

for python2

sudo apt install python-pip

hope its help.

answered Aug 05 '19 at 10:15

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score 7 · Answer 16 · edited May 06 '16 at 08:03

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If you are running Python 3.5, run the following terminal command:

sudo pip3 install -U nltk

Any other pip commands in terminal would be similar:

pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo pip3 install -U numpy ::

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answered May 06 '16 at 06:31

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score 7 · Answer 17 · edited Aug 01 '22 at 09:36

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It solved my problem by using

sudo easy_install pip

edited Aug 01 '22 at 09:36

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answered Jun 15 '20 at 01:19

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score 6 · Answer 18 · edited May 26 '20 at 23:54

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Solved this by upgrading python 3 brew upgrade python: Now i can just do:

pip3 install  <package>  

==> python
Python has been installed as
  /usr/local/bin/python3

Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. pointing to
`python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, have

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papiro · Answer 19 · 2021-05-04T18:03:38.770

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Based on this stackoverflow answer and some of the answers on this thread, I have created an alias in the rc file: alias pip="python3 -m pip"

There seem to be many different answers to this question but this seems to be the best-practice approach.

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answered Aug 31 '20 at 16:34

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score 4 · Answer 20 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 15:47

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Avoiding sudo:

python <(curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py) --user
echo 'export "PATH=$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

From:

http://www.pip-command-not-found.com

answered Jan 23 '18 at 15:47

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Yes… the question is specifically for macOS. – mxcl Apr 02 '18 at 14:30

score 4 · Answer 21 · answered Oct 19 '18 at 17:28

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CentOS 7 users can just use:

yum install python-pip

Also recommend using virtualenv if you're using pip. It can be added in the same way:

yum install python-virtualenv

answered Oct 19 '18 at 17:28

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yum install -y python-pip python3-pip – HoseinGhanbari Sep 06 '21 at 06:18

score 4 · Answer 22 · answered Feb 17 '20 at 13:35

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assuming you have internet see: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/

basically run:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

and

python get-pip.py

answered Feb 17 '20 at 13:35

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score 4 · Answer 23 · edited Aug 01 '22 at 09:37

To overcome the issue bash: pip: command not found in Mac

Found two versions on Mac 1 is 2.7 and the other is 3.7

when I say sudo easy_install pip, pip got installed under 2.7
when I say sudo easy_install-3.7 pip, pip got installed under 3.7

But, whenever I would require to do pip install , I wanted to install the package under python3.7, so I have set an alias (alias pip=pip3) in .bash_profile.

so now, whenever I do pip install <package_name>, it gets installed under python3.7

Bipin B · Answer 24 · 2020-10-28T10:54:37.663

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Try using this. Instead of zmq, we can use any package instead of zmq.

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo apt-get update
python3 -m pip install zmq

I was was not able to install this zmq package in my docker image because of the same issue i was getting. So tried this as another way to install and it worked fine for me.

edited Oct 28 '20 at 10:54

answered Oct 16 '20 at 05:47

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score 2 · Answer 25 · answered Nov 06 '16 at 14:10

(Context: My OS is Amazon linux using AWS. It seems similar to RedHat but it's stripped down a bit, it seems.)

Exit the shell, then open a new shell. The pip command now works.

That's what solved the problem at this location.

You might want to know as well: The pip commands to install software then needed to be written like this example (jupyter for example) to work correctly on my system:

pip install jupyter --user

Specifically, note the lack of sudo, and the presence of --user

Would be real nice if pip docs had said anything about all this, but that would take typing in more characters I guess.

score 2 · Answer 26 · answered Feb 01 '19 at 00:32

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Not sure why this wasnt mentioned before, but the only thing that worked for me (on my NVIDIA Xavier) was:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

(or sudo apt-get install python-pip for python 2)

answered Feb 01 '19 at 00:32

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For Debian-based systems – ThomasMcLeod May 09 '19 at 16:53

score 2 · Answer 27 · answered Nov 17 '20 at 16:26

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apt -y -qq install python3 python3-pip

ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip

answered Nov 17 '20 at 16:26

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score 1 · Answer 28 · edited Aug 19 '18 at 00:02

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What I did to overcome this was sudo apt install python-pip.

It turned out my virtual machine did not have pip installed yet. It's conceivable that other people could have this scenario too.

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The -1 point is because of a typo in the command that have been edited since. This solution works in 99% of cases. – Nino Filiu Aug 21 '18 at 08:37

score 1 · Answer 29 · edited Apr 27 '20 at 21:10

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The updated command for installing pip3 is :

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

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score 1 · Answer 30 · answered May 30 '20 at 05:25

The problem seems that your python version and the library yoıu want to install is not matching versionally. Ex: If Django is Django3 and your python version is 2.7, you may get this error.

"After installing is running 'python' still ran Python 2.6 and PATH was not updated."

1- Install latest version of Python 2- Change your PATH manually as python38 and compare them. 3- Try to reinstall.

I solved this problem as replacing PATH manually with the latest version of Python. As for Windows: ;C:\python38\Scripts

score 0 · Answer 31 · answered Aug 21 '18 at 15:25

python-pip use obsolete version of pip (9.0) current post pip version is (18.0) after updating pip edit /usr/bin/pip replace this import:

from pip import main

to

from pip._internal import main

this working for pip 18.0 problem is pip change main function name repeat for /usr/bin/pip3 and /usr/bin/pip2

also view /usr/local/lib/[your_python_version]/dist-packages/pip/__main__.py It should be the same as /usr/bin/pip

score 0 · Answer 32 · answered Oct 08 '18 at 16:37

Do following:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
source ~/.bashrc

This will surely install pip with all its dependencies. PS this is for python 3 if you want for python 2 replace python3 from the second command to python

sudo apt install python-pip

score 0 · Answer 33 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 04:02

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If on Windows and using the Python installer, make sure to check the "Add Python to environment variables" option.

After installation, restart your shell and retry to see if pip exists.

answered Sep 27 '21 at 04:02

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score 0 · Answer 34 · answered Jan 12 '22 at 07:29

Follow these steps to install and use the pip command in the UBUNTU terminal APP in Windows (">>" stand for UBUNTU prompt):

>>python3 --version 
             Python 3.6.7
>>sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
>>sudo apt-get update
>>sudo apt-get install python3-pip
>>python3 -m pip install pandas

score 0 · Answer 35 · answered Feb 04 '22 at 19:59

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I had a similar issue.I had uninstall and then reinstall pip3:

uninstall:

sudo apt-get remove python3-pip

reinstall:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

This work for me :)

answered Feb 04 '22 at 19:59

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score 0 · Answer 36 · edited Feb 27 '22 at 20:50

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If you want to install pip2 when you already have pip3:

# get the installer script
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

# install pip
python get-pip.py

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score 0 · Answer 37 · answered Oct 17 '22 at 11:58

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For Fedora users:

sudo dnf install python3-pip

Other Fedora and Python related tools, read from: Fedora developer

answered Oct 17 '22 at 11:58

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score -1 · Answer 38 · answered Oct 28 '22 at 21:28

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for new users who are yet to activate the venv for aws cli try this out "source venv/scripts/activate" then try to "pip install awscli"

answered Oct 28 '22 at 21:28

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score -2 · Answer 39 · answered Jan 05 '23 at 01:13

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Instead of pip install -r requirements.txt use

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

answered Jan 05 '23 at 01:13

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bash: pip: command not found

39 Answers39

Latest update 2021.

In `Ubuntu 20 64bit` works perfectly

extra info

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bash: pip: command not found

39 Answers39

Latest update 2021.

In Ubuntu 20 64bit works perfectly

extra info

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In `Ubuntu 20 64bit` works perfectly