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Andrew_CS
Andrew_CS

Reputation: 2562

How do I get Pip to work with Python3 on Ubuntu 12.04

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and do not have the option of upgrading / using something else. It has Python3.2 on it. I have found out that pip doesn't come automatically with < 3.4. How can I get pip to work with Python3 on this machine?

I tried downloading a copy of get-pip.py and running it with python3.2, but I kept getting an error message about how < 3.4 support was dropped.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1974

Answers (1)

Andrew_CS
Andrew_CS

Reputation: 2562

I spent a little bit getting this all to work so I wanted to make a detailed post.

First I found out I could get Python3.4 onto my Ubuntu 12.04 machine. To do this run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.4

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Next, I removed Python3.2 (I only wanted to have a single Python3.x version on my machine) by running:

sudo apt-get remove python3.2
sudo apt-get remove python3.2-minimal

Then, to get pip I ran:

sudo curl "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py" -o "get-pip.py"
sudo python3.4 get-pip.py

Source: How To Install Pip On Ubuntu 12 04 LTS

At this point Python3.4 and pip can both be ran. Example:

python3.4 main.py
pip3 install requests

At this point I wanted to be able to just use python3 to run python3.4 - trying just python3 kept telling me I had to install python-minimal. Doing this reinstalled python3.2 for me which I did not want. Instead, I created an alias by doing the following:

vim ~/.bashrc # Open the file for editing

Add: alias python3=python3.4 to the file.

. ~/.bashrc # Make the changes apply to the current session

Source: How Do I Create A Permanent Bash Alias

Upvotes: 1

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