I spent most of the day yesterday searching for a clear answer for installing pip (package manager for Python). I can’t find a good solution.
How do I install it?
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I spent most of the day yesterday searching for a clear answer for installing pip (package manager for Python). I can’t find a good solution.
How do I install it?
pip’s documentation lists the supported mechanisms to install it: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/#supported-methods
It is generally recommended to avoid installing pip on the OS-provided python commands, and to install Python via the https://python.org installers or using something like Homebrew or pyenv.
Python 3.4+ will have ensurepip, so if you’re unable to run python3 -m pip — run python3 -m ensurepip and it’ll install pip for you.
If you’re using an end-of-life version of Python, you can use get-pip.py instead.
Old answer (outdated, and results in a broken installation)
easy_install pip
If you need admin privileges to run this, try:
sudo easy_install pip