Ubuntu: pip not working with python3.4

Question

Trying to get pip working on my Ubuntu pc. pip seems to be working for python2.7, but not for others.

Here\'s the problem:

$ pip
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Answer 1

You have pip installed for python 2, but not python 3.

Ubuntu distributes python-pip, python3-pip, python-setuptools and python3-setuptools packages, which you can install (apt-get install etc) as necessary. Thereafter, note that pip installs for python 2, and pip3 installs for python 3 (similar to python, and python3).

Setuptools could be said to provide python's "build" process for packages, and Pip provides its "install" process. Usually you want both present.

If you want the very latest pip / setuptools, you could always get it from PyPA's bootstrap site:

$ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.4

Afterwards you can install the latest setuptools for the appropriate python, e.g

$ python{2.7,3.4} -m pip install -U setuptools

If you try to install these for the system python, you might need root / sudo.