how to use python2.7 pip instead of default pip
Question:
I just installed python 2.7 and also pip to the 2.7 site package.
When I get the version with:
pip -V
It shows:
pip 1.3.1 from /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages (python 2.6)
How do I use the 2.7 version of pip located at:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Answers:
There should be a binary called "pip2.7" installed at some location included within your $PATH variable.
You can find that out by typing
which pip2.7
This should print something like ‘/usr/local/bin/pip2.7’ to your stdout. If it does not print anything like this, it is not installed. In that case, install it by running
$ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py
$ sudo python2.7 get-pip.py
Now, you should be all set, and
which pip2.7
should return the correct output.
An alternative is to call the pip module by using python2.7, as below:
python2.7 -m pip <commands>
For example, you could run python2.7 -m pip install <package> to install your favorite python modules. Here is a reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50017310/4256346.
In case the pip module has not yet been installed for this version of python, you can run the following:
python2.7 -m ensurepip
Running this command will “bootstrap the pip installer”. Note that running this may require administrative privileges (i.e. sudo). Here is a reference: https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/ensurepip.html and another reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/46631019/4256346.
as noted here, this is what worked best for me:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
pip has now dropped support for python2, therefore you can’t use python2 pip
You can’t find python2-pip in apt-get anymore, and you won’t get pip when installing python2 from source
You can still install python modules using apt-get. To install a python prepend ‘python-’ to the module name
apt-get install python-six # install six
I just installed python 2.7 and also pip to the 2.7 site package.
When I get the version with:
pip -V
It shows:
pip 1.3.1 from /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages (python 2.6)
How do I use the 2.7 version of pip located at:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
There should be a binary called "pip2.7" installed at some location included within your $PATH variable.
You can find that out by typing
which pip2.7
This should print something like ‘/usr/local/bin/pip2.7’ to your stdout. If it does not print anything like this, it is not installed. In that case, install it by running
$ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py
$ sudo python2.7 get-pip.py
Now, you should be all set, and
which pip2.7
should return the correct output.
An alternative is to call the pip module by using python2.7, as below:
python2.7 -m pip <commands>
For example, you could run python2.7 -m pip install <package> to install your favorite python modules. Here is a reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50017310/4256346.
In case the pip module has not yet been installed for this version of python, you can run the following:
python2.7 -m ensurepip
Running this command will “bootstrap the pip installer”. Note that running this may require administrative privileges (i.e. sudo). Here is a reference: https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/ensurepip.html and another reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/46631019/4256346.
as noted here, this is what worked best for me:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
pip has now dropped support for python2, therefore you can’t use python2 pip
You can’t find python2-pip in apt-get anymore, and you won’t get pip when installing python2 from source
You can still install python modules using apt-get. To install a python prepend ‘python-’ to the module name
apt-get install python-six # install six