I have two versions of python installed on my machine (Ubuntu 14.xx LTE) as well as two versions of pip (one for python 2 and one for python 3). When I run pip --version on the command line I get the following output: pip 1.5.4 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7). I looked into this directory and it has many other things in it. However I couldn't find pip.py in it. How do I run pip for python 3? Any help is appreciated.
2 Answers
To use another version of pip for python on ubuntu, you can use the python major version after pip. For Example:
pip --version
will return the default version of pip
pip2 --version
will use the Python 2 version of pip, and
pip3 --version
will use Python 3.
Hope this helped!
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Alex Huszagh
Also, you can access pip as a module for different OSes easily for different Python installs. "/path/to/python/executable -m pip --version" works great for Windows versions with multiple Python installs, or if the Python variable is added to the path, then "python2 -m pip" and "python3 -m pip".
rename your python.exe for python 3 to python3. Don't forget to put it inside your PATH environment. Just use python for python 2, python3 for python 3.
Their pip are separated, pip for python 2. pip3 for python 3.
pip3pip3. But you also may provide full path to it like/usr/lib/python3.4/bin/pip/usr/bin/pip2script might have#!/usr/bin/python<- with just "python" and no specific version. Then it will launch the default Python, which is 3 nowadays. So, edit it to#!/usr/bin/python2.7or whatever Python 2 you have.