Proper way to install pip on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install the latest version of pip (currently 8.1.2) on the official ubuntu/trusty64 Vagrant box. The box comes with Python 2.7.6 and 3.4.3 pre-installed with apt-get.

I read the pip installation doc and it contains the following warning:

Be cautious if you're using a Python install that's managed by your operating system or another package manager. get-pip.py does not coordinate with those tools, and may leave your system in an inconsistent state.

Does that mean I cannot install pip using get-pip.py and I am limited to install an older version of it from apt-get?

If there is a better way of installing it, what would it be?

Thanks

8 Answers

I believe that you can install it on Ubuntu with

sudo apt-get install python-pip 

or

sudo apt-get install python3-pip 

for Python 3. Sure, it's an older version but its functionality is there.

Try download install package from and use python setup.py install

if it is outdated you can use the following command: sudo pip install --upgrade pip

If you are using Ubuntu OS with Python2.7 You can follow below steps

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get install python-pip

To check install pip version

pip --version

OR

If you are using Ubuntu OS with Python3 You can follow below steps

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get install python3-pip

To check install pip3 version

pip3 --version

The proper commands to install pip and pip3 should be the following:

sudo apt-get install python-pip python3-pip --yes sudo python3 -m pip install pip --upgrade --force-reinstall sudo python -m pip install pip --upgrade --force-reinstall # this must come after upgrading pip3 

The last two lines get pip3 and pip up-to-date. The last line is critical because it re-associates pip with python 2.

This worked for me on ubuntu 18.0.4:

1- sudo apt-get update 2- sudo apt-get upgrade 3- sudo apt-get install python-pip 4- pip -V 

 Install in the ubuntu software,Python,django and pip 

sudo apt update sudo apt install python2 curl --output get-pip.py sudo python2 get-pip.py sudo apt-get install python3-distutils

• sudo apt-get update;
• sudo apt-get install python-pip;

Once the installation is complete, verify the installation by checking the pip version:

• pip --version;