Can't find Pip executable on Mac OS X

Question

I've read the Pip related responses and still have this question. I'm trying to install pip on Mac OS X 10.6.8. In brief, I run sudo python get-pip.py and get an error that the pip Requirement is already up to date.

But I don't see a 'pip' executable file in the expected directory and can't run pip. Should there be a file called pip in the target pip folder?

More detail:

I'm following directions at: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/

1) Used ez_install to install setuptools

2) bashed:

curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py $ sudo python get-pip.py Response is Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages ... I can see a lot of files in this directory

3) I then try to use pip:

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pip install virtualenv Get back > pip: is a directory

4) I try

/ Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pip/pip install virtualenv -bash: /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pip/pip: No such file or directory

I look in the above path and can see the pip folder, with numerous files including __main__ and __init__ but no file named pip. Should there be one? if so, how might I clear out the old install and reinstall?

Thanks for any advice! SL

Answer 1

One side note. If you installed python 3, the executable name is pip3. Just calling pip will result in a file not found error.

As obvious as it may sound, someone may loose some time because of this. Talking for a friend.

Answer 2

Here's how I successfully installed pip from the Github repositories on Max OS X 10.9:

Get pip repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip

Perform setup:

$ cd pip
$ sudo python setup.py install

That's it. A test run should give something like:

$ pip -V
pip 1.6.dev1 from /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.6.dev1-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)

And my PATH environment variable is set to:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

Answer 3

echo export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile