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Bianca
Bianca

Reputation: 149

Cannot install pip on Python 2.7

I'm a new Python user. I'm having issues installing new modules for python 2.7. When I try installing a new module from PyCharm, I get the following error

Error: Python packaging tool 'pip' not found

Moreover, I'm a bit confuse about which Python version I'm actually using...
This is what I get when I type the following commands in the terminal.

$ which python
/usr/bin/python
$ echo $PYTHONPATH
PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages/
$ python -V
Python 2.7.6

Everything seems a bit messed up to me...all the procedures I follow to install pip result in failure. The command 

$ python get-pip.py

returns

You are using pip version 7.1.0, however version 9.0.1 is available. You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command

However, when I run that command, it tells me that there is no module named pip. Please, how can I fix it? I need to work with Python 2.7 but I'm completely unable to install packages. Thanks.

EDIT I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1897

Answers (1)

Mike - SMT
Mike - SMT

Reputation: 15226

You may be trying to install pip wrong. Depending on your version of linux there are several install methods that can be found here

for your version judging by your use of get.

try this one:

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Upvotes: 5

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