Install pip#
Pip (Package Installer for Python) is the PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.
Official page: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip
Install pip3 for python3 (Ubuntu 20.04)#
First, install Python.
Then:
sudo apt install python3-pip
Install latest pip on GNU/Linux#
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python
Install latest pip3 on GNU/Linux#
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python3
Troubleshooting#
There is a bug in some versions of pip that disables pip after an upgrade (pip install --upgrade pip
) with the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pip3", line 9, in <module>
from pip import main
ImportError: cannot import name 'main'
The simplest fix found here is to run the following command to upgrade pip by installing again the latest version (use python
instead for python2):
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python3