How to install pip with Python 3?

Question

I want to install pip. It should support Python 3, but it requires setuptools, which is available only for Python 2.

How can I install pip with Python 3?

Answer 1

For Ubuntu 12.04 or older,

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

won't work. Instead, use:

sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools ca-certificates
sudo easy_install3 pip

Answer 2

What’s New In Python 3.4

...

pip should always be available

...

By default, the commands pipX and pipX.Y will be installed on all platforms (where X.Y stands for the version of the Python installation), along with the pip Python package and its dependencies.

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.4.html#whatsnew-pep-453

so if you have python 3.4 installed, you can just: sudo pip3 install xxx

Answer 3

For python3 try this:

wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | python

The good thing is that It will also detect what version of python you have (even if it's an environment of python in your custom location). After this you can proceed normally with (for example)

pip install numpy

source: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/1.1.6#upgrading-from-setuptools-0-6

Answer 4

And for Windows 8.1/10 OS Users just open cmd (command prompt)

write this : C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts

then

just write this : pip3 install {name of package}

Hint: the location of folder Python36-32 may get different for new python 3.x versions

Answer 5

edit: Manual installation and use of setuptools is not the standard process anymore.

If you're running Python 2.7.9+ or Python 3.4+

Congrats, you should already have pip installed. If you do not, read onward.

If you're running a Unix-like System

You can usually install the package for pip through your package manager if your version of Python is older than 2.7.9 or 3.4, or if your system did not include it for whatever reason.

Instructions for some of the more common distros follow.

Installing on Debian (Wheezy and newer) and Ubuntu (Trusty Tahr and newer) for Python 2.x

Run the following command from a terminal:

sudo apt-get install python-pip 

Installing on Debian (Wheezy and newer) and Ubuntu (Trusty Tahr and newer) for Python 3.x

Run the following command from a terminal:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Note:

On a fresh Debian/Ubuntu install, the package may not be found until you do:

sudo apt-get update

Installing pip on CentOS 7 for Python 2.x

On CentOS 7, you have to install setup tools first, and then use that to install pip, as there is no direct package for it.

sudo yum install python-setuptools
sudo easy_install pip

Installing pip on CentOS 7 for Python 3.x

Assuming you installed Python 3.4 from EPEL, you can install Python 3's setup tools and use it to install pip.

# First command requires you to have enabled EPEL for CentOS7
sudo yum install python34-setuptools
sudo easy_install pip

If your Unix/Linux distro doesn't have it in package repos

Install using the manual way detailed below.

The manual way

If you want to do it the manual way, the now-recommended method is to install using the get-pip.py script from pip's installation instructions.

Install pip

To install pip, securely download get-pip.py

Then run the following (which may require administrator access):

python get-pip.py 

If setuptools is not already installed, get-pip.py will install setuptools for you.

Answer 6

Assuming you are in a highly restricted computer env (such as myself) without root access or ability to install packages...

I had never setup a fresh/standalone/raw/non-root instance of Python+virtualenv before this post. I had do quite a bit of Googling to make this work.

1. Decide if you are using python (python2) or python3 and set your PATH correctly. (I am strictly a python3 user.) All commands below can substitute python3 for python if you are python2 user.
2. wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-x.y.z.tar.gz
3. tar -xzvf virtualenv-x.y.z.tar.gz
4. python3 virtualenv-x.y.z/virtualenv.py --python $(which python3) /path/to/new/virtualenv
5. source /path/to/new/virtualenv/bin/activate
   • Assumes you are using a Bourne-compatible shell, e.g., bash
   • Brilliantly, this virtualenv package includes a standalone version of pip and setuptools that are auto-magically installed into each new virtualenv. This solves the chicken and egg problem.
   • You may want to create an alias (or update your ~/.bashrc, etc.) for this final command to activate the python virtualenv during each login. It can be a pain to remember all these paths and commands.
6. Check your version of python now: which python3 should give: /path/to/new/virtualenv/bin/python3
7. Check pip is also available in the virtualenv via which pip... should give: /path/to/new/virtualenv/bin/pip

Then... pip, pip, pip!

Final tip to newbie Pythoneers: You don't think you need virtualenv when you start, but you will be happy to have it later. Helps with "what if" installation / upgrade scenarios for open source / shared packages.

Ref: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/installation.html