I can't install a package with the pip or pip3 command and I can't install it from the Python Interpreter in PyCharm too. I can't tap on the '+' at the Python Interpreter in PyCharm.
I get this error:
pip command not found
Here is what you can try.
Lets check python installation.
C:\Users\User>python --version
Python 3.10.5
C:\Users\User>
If you get the version as 3.x, then we are good, else goto your python installation directory and copy its path and then add it to your environment variable PATH.
Check PIP available or not.
C:\Users\User>pip --version
pip 22.3 from C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.10)
C:\Users\User>
if above didn't work then add pip path to PATH environment variable which would be something similar to above output.
Now we are ready to install any package
Just do pip install package-name
for testing, you can try:
pip install numpy
If it still throws error, try below one
python -m pip install numpy
if it still throws error, then you might need to clean your python installation.
3 commands
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install <package_name>
or maybe
sudo apt install <package_name> -y
It looks like you don't have pip installed on $PATH. The following command will run pip without any adjustments to $PATH:
python3 -m pip install <some_module>
Pay attention to the -m, this stands for modules and runs the pip program inside the python3 interpreter (I don't know exact definition here, if anyone wishes to correct me I will update the answer)
However, if this doesn't work then you may not have pip installed, and can be installed by running:
python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
Then, reload your shell via the following (replace bash with your shell):
exec bash
Running pip --version should now work
I'm on a fresh Ubuntu 20.4 install (or really, a reinstall, as I messed up some things and had to start over; everything except /home has been reformatted, so if there is an issue with remnants, it's there), with python 3.8 included. However, I want to run python 3.11, since that's the newest. I follow this guide, which basically amounts to
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.11
coupled with
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.11 1
I now, at least as far as I know, run version 3.11 as default. However, i run into problems with pip. Running just pip --version (or pip3 --version) returns
pip 21.3.1 from /home/usrname/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)
In addition, when I run python -m pip (which now uses the 3.11 version) I get
/usr/bin/python: No module named pip
If I revert back to python3.8 -m pip, I get the welcome message with all the different commands pip has to offer. So that works fine.
(Because deadsnakes has version 3.11 marked as alpha at the moment, I also tried with 3.10. Same result there: no pip.)
I was under the impression that pip came bundled with python as default. How can I give my newer version of python a pip to play with?
I installed Python3.11 from the deadsnakes ppa, it doesn't come with ensurepip or pip, and the bootstrap script initially fails as it depends on distutils. I solved this by installing the optional distutils package and then bootstrapping.
apt install python3.11 python3.11-distutils
curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.11
sudo apt install python3.11-venv # as ensurepip is not installed at first
python3.11 -m ensurepip
After downgrading to python 3.10 (because I didn't know 3.11 was still in development) and tinkering with a few commands, including
sudo apt install python3.10-pip
suddenly it works (I was completely certain I had tried that already). I also needed
sudo apt install python3.10-distutils
because pip said I had to. As well as, stolen from this answer,
curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10
to stop the
ImportError: cannot import name 'html5lib' from 'pip._vendor' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py)
error message.
I'm running CentOS 8 that came with native Python 3.6.8. I needed Python 3.7 so I installed Python 3.7.0 from sources. Now, python command is unknown to the system, while commands python3 and python3.7 both use Python 3.7.
All good until now, but I can't seem to get pip working.
Command pip returns command not found, while python3 -m pip, python3.7 -m pip, python3 -m pip3, and python3.7 -m pip3 return No module named pip. Only pip command that works is pip3.
Now whatever package I install via pip3 does not seem to install properly. Example given, pip3 install tornado returns Requirement already satisfied, but when I try to import tornado in Python 3.7 I get ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tornado'. Not the same thing can be said when I try to import it in Python 3.6, which works flawlessly. From this, I understand that my pip only works with Python 3.6, and not with 3.7.
Please tell me how can I use pip with Python 3.7, thank you.
It looks like your python3.7 does not have pip.
Install pip for your specific python by running python3.7 -m easy_install pip.
Then, install packages by python3.7 -m pip install <package_name>
Another option is to create a virtual environment from your python3.7. The venv brings pip into it by default.
You create venv by python3.7 -m venv <venv_name>
I think the packages you install will be installed for the previous version of Python. I think you should update the native OS Python like this:
Install the python3.7 package using apt-get
sudo apt-get install python 3.7
Add python3.6 & python3.7 to update-alternatives:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.6 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.7 2
Update python3 to point to Python 3.7:
`sudo update-alternatives --config python3
Test the version:
python3 -V
I downloaded pip and ran python setup.py install and everything worked just fine. The very next step in the tutorial is to run pip install <lib you want> but before it even tries to find anything online I get an error "bash: pip: command not found".
This is on Mac OS X. I'm assuming there's some kind of path setting that was not set correctly when I ran setup.py. How can I investigate further? What do I need to check to get a better idea of the exact cause of the problem?
EDIT: I also tried installing Python 2.7 for Mac in the hopes that the friendly install process would do any housekeeping like editing PATH and whatever else needs to happen for everything to work according to the tutorials, but this didn't work. After installing, running 'python' still ran Python 2.6 and PATH was not updated.
Why not just do sudo easy_install pip or if this is for python 2.6 sudo easy_install-2.6 pip?
This installs pip using the default python package installer system and saves you the hassle of manual set-up all at the same time.
This will allow you to then run the pip command for python package installation as it will be installed with the system python. I also recommend once you have pip using the virtualenv package and pattern. :)
2020 Update:
For current Debian/Ubuntu, use
apt-get install python3-pip
to install pip3.
Old 2013 answer (easy_install is now deprecated):
Use setuptools to install pip: sudo easy_install pip
(I know the above part of my answer is redundant with klobucar's, but I can't add comments yet), so here's an answer with a solution to sudo: easy_install: command not found on Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
Also, for python3, use easy_install3 and python3-setuptools.
For Python 3, use apt-get install python3-pip.
First of all: try pip3 instead of pip. Example:
pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)
pip3 should be installed automatically together with Python3.x. The documentation hasn't been updated, so simply replace pip by pip3 in the instructions, when installing Flask for example.
Now, if this doesn't work, you might have to install pip separately.
Update: A more reliable modern way to access the right pip install for the right python install is to use the syntax python -m pip.
Original Answer
pip would install itself into the bin of your python installation location. It also should create a symlink to some more common location like /usr/local/bin/pip
You can either edit your ~/.profile and update your PATH to include /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin, or you could create a symlink to it in a place that you know is in your path.
If you do: echo $PATH, you should see the paths currently being searched. If /usr/local/bin is in your PATH, you can do:
ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pip /usr/local/bin
I would opt for adding the python bin to your $PATH variable.
I encountered this problem having downloaded python 3.x.x and trying to install awscli - pip: command not found.
Whilst following the instructions for downloading the AWS client, I changed
pip install awscli
to
pip3 install awscli
which ran the correct version.
I've made an alias on my machine to run python3 whilst typing python, which would normally run the system version 2.7. I'm not sure this is a good idea now. I think I'll just type in the commands as they intended them to be.
Check out How to Install Pip article for more information.
As of 2019,
Download get-pip.py provided by https://pip.pypa.io using the following command:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
Run get-pip.py using the following command:
sudo python get-pip.py
After you done installing, run this command to check if pip is installed.
pip --version
Remove get-pip.py file after installing pip.
rm get-pip.py
Install Python latest version as given here
It has many download links like numpy and scipy
Then go to terminal and enter following command:-
sudo easy_install pip
For Python install packages check this
Requirements for Installing Packages
This section describes the steps to follow before installing other Python packages.
Install pip, setuptools, and wheel If you have Python 2 >=2.7.9 or
Python 3 >=3.4 installed from python.org, you will already have pip
and setuptools, but will need to upgrade to the latest version:
On Linux or OS X:
pip install -U pip setuptools On Windows:
python -m pip install -U pip setuptools If you’re using a Python
install on Linux that’s managed by the system package manager (e.g
“yum”, “apt-get” etc…), and you want to use the system package manager
to install or upgrade pip, then see Installing pip/setuptools/wheel
with Linux Package Managers
Otherwise:
Securely Download get-pip.py 1
Run python get-pip.py. 2 This will install or upgrade pip.
Additionally, it will install setuptools and wheel if they’re not
installed already.
I spent ages going through all the answers on this page but found the one that worked for me in the comments of the OP question by s-walsh
The answer is to use pip3:
$ pip3 install <name-of-install>
Installing using apt-get installs a system wide pip, not just a local one for your user. Try this command to get pip running on your system ...
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential
Then pip will be installed without any issues and you will be able to use "sudo pip...".
Most of the methods to install PIP are deprecated. Here is the latest (2019) solution. Please download get-pip script
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
Run the script
sudo python get-pip.py
Latest update 2021.
In Ubuntu 20 64bit works perfectly
Installation of python3
sudo apt install python3
Pip Installation
sudo apt install python3-pip
Add following alias in $HOME/.bash_aliases in some cases file may be hidden.
alias pip="/usr/bin/python3 -m pip "
Refresh current terminal session.
. ~/.profile
check pip usage: pip
Install a package: pip install {{package_name}}
extra info
to get Home path
echo $HOME
you will get your home path.
To solve:
Add this line to ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
In a terminal window, run
source ~/.bash_profile
It might be the root permission. I tried exit root login, and use
sudo su -l root
pip <command>
install Homebrew, open Terminal or your favorite OSX terminal emulator and run
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your PATH environment variable. You can do this by adding the following line at the bottom of your ~/.profile file
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
Now, we can install Python 2.7:
$ brew install python
Get pip repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip
install pip:
$sudo easy_install pip
python install it by default but if not install you can install it manual use following cmd (for linux only )
for python3 :
sudo apt install python3-pip
for python2
sudo apt install python-pip
hope its help.
If you are running Python 3.5, run the following terminal command:
sudo pip3 install -U nltk
Any other pip commands in terminal would be similar:
pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo pip3 install -U numpy ::
It solved my problem by using
sudo easy_install pip
Solved this by upgrading python 3 brew upgrade python:
Now i can just do:
pip3 install <package>
==> python
Python has been installed as
/usr/local/bin/python3
Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. pointing to
`python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, have
Based on this stackoverflow answer and some of the answers on this thread, I have created an alias in the rc file:
alias pip="python3 -m pip"
There seem to be many different answers to this question but this seems to be the best-practice approach.
Avoiding sudo:
python <(curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py) --user
echo 'export "PATH=$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
From:
http://www.pip-command-not-found.com
CentOS 7 users can just use:
yum install python-pip
Also recommend using virtualenv if you're using pip. It can be added in the same way:
yum install python-virtualenv
assuming you have internet see:
https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
basically run:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
and
python get-pip.py
Try using this. Instead of zmq, we can use any package instead of zmq.
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo apt-get update
python3 -m pip install zmq
I was was not able to install this zmq package in my docker image because of the same issue i was getting. So tried this as another way to install and it worked fine for me.
To overcome the issue bash: pip: command not found in Mac
Found two versions on Mac 1 is 2.7 and the other is 3.7
when I say sudo easy_install pip, pip got installed under 2.7
when I say sudo easy_install-3.7 pip, pip got installed under 3.7
But, whenever I would require to do pip install , I wanted to install the package under python3.7, so I have set an alias (alias pip=pip3) in .bash_profile.
so now, whenever I do pip install <package_name>, it gets installed under python3.7
(Context: My OS is Amazon linux using AWS. It seems similar to RedHat but it's stripped down a bit, it seems.)
Exit the shell, then open a new shell. The pip command now works.
That's what solved the problem at this location.
You might want to know as well: The pip commands to install software then needed to be written like this example (jupyter for example) to work correctly on my system:
pip install jupyter --user
Specifically, note the lack of sudo, and the presence of --user
Would be real nice if pip docs had said anything about all this, but that would take typing in more characters I guess.
Not sure why this wasnt mentioned before, but the only thing that worked for me (on my NVIDIA Xavier) was:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
(or sudo apt-get install python-pip for python 2)
apt -y -qq install python3 python3-pip
ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip
What I did to overcome this was sudo apt install python-pip.
It turned out my virtual machine did not have pip installed yet. It's conceivable that other people could have this scenario too.
The updated command for installing pip3 is :
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
The problem seems that your python version and the library yoıu want to install is not matching versionally. Ex: If Django is Django3 and your python version is 2.7, you may get this error.
"After installing is running 'python' still ran Python 2.6 and PATH was not updated."
1- Install latest version of Python
2- Change your PATH manually as python38 and compare them.
3- Try to reinstall.
I solved this problem as replacing PATH manually with the latest version of Python.
As for Windows: ;C:\python38\Scripts