bash: pip: command not found. How to install pip with get-pip.py

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bash: pip: command not found. How to install pip with get-pip.py

1. Log into you Linux server

First you must log into your Linux server as ‘root’ user or user with sudo privilege to install pip.

2. Download ‘get-pip.py’ file

You can download get-pip.py file from the website pip.pypa.io using curl or wget command.



Command :
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py



 


# curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current

                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

100 1734k  100 1734k    0     0   545k      0  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:--  545k



 
3. Run 'python get-pip.py' command to install pip

get-pip.py will install pip, setuptools and wheel

 

# python get-pip.py
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/00/b6/9cfa56b4081ad13874b0c6f96af8ce16cfbc1cb06bedf8e9164ce5551ec1/pip-19.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.4MB)

     |################################| 1.4MB 544kB/s

Collecting setuptools

  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/54/28/c45d8b54c1339f9644b87663945e54a8503cfef59cf0f65b3ff5dd17cf64/setuptools-42.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (583kB)

     |################################| 583kB 5.8MB/s

Collecting wheel

  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/00/83/b4a77d044e78ad1a45610eb88f745be2fd2c6d658f9798a15e384b7d57c9/wheel-0.33.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Installing collected packages: pip, setuptools, wheel

Successfully installed pip-19.3.1 setuptools-42.0.2 wheel-0.33.6

Use ‘–no-setuptools’ option with get-pip.py, if you do not want to install setuptools with pip.

Use ‘–no-wheel’ option with get-pip if you want to skip wheel installation while installing pip.

Now pip is installed on your Linux server. Run the command ‘pip –version’ to check the version of pip installed.



#pip --version

pip 9.0.2 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)

How to install specific version of pip

1. Log into your server via SSH

2. Specify pip version number with get-pip command

Run the below command to install pip version 19.3.1

Example :



# python get-pip.py pip==19.3.1
Collecting pip==19.3.1

  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/00/b6/9cfa56b4081ad13874b0c6f96af8ce16cfbc1cb06bedf8e9164ce5551ec1/pip-19.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Installing collected packages: pip

Successfully installed pip-19.3.1

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bash: pip: command not found. How to install pip with get-pip.py