I can't use pip3 though python3-pip has already been installed. How to solve the problem?
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
sudo: pip3: command not found
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
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python3-pip is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Run
locate pip3
it should give you a list of results like this
/<path>/pip3
/<path>/pip3.x
go to /usr/local/bin to make a symbolic link to where your pip3 is located
ln -s /<path>/pip3.x /usr/local/bin/pip3
You can use python3 -m pip
as a synonym for pip3. That has saved me a couple of times.
I had a similar issue. In my case, I had to uninstall and then reinstall pip3:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pip
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Same issue on Fedora 23
. I had to reinstall python3-pip
to generate the proper pip3
folders in /usr/bin/
.
sudo dnf reinstall python3-pip
There is no need to install virtualenv. Just create a workfolder and open your editor in it. Assuming you are using vscode,
$mkdir Directory && cd Directory
$code .
It is the best way to avoid breaking Ubuntu/linux dependencies by messing around with environments. In case anything goes wrong, you can always delete that folder and begin afresh. Otherwise, messing up with the ubuntu/linux python environments could mess up system apps/OS (including the terminal). Then you can press shift+P and type python:select interpreter. Choose any version above 3. After that you can do
$pip3 -v
It will display the pip version. You can then use it for installations as
$pip3 install Library