Python provides a tool named pip
in order to install python modules. Most of the python applications use pip
in order to install dependencies. In order to use pip
we should install it. In this tutorial, we will look at how to install pip
for Python 2 and Python 3.
Install For Python 2 On Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Kali
We can install pip
for Python for apt
based distributions like below. The pip tools is provided with the package named python-pip
for Python2.
$ sudo apt install python-pip

Install For Python 3 On Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Kali
pip
for Python3 is named with the different package name. So we will use the following command in order to install for Python 3. This time we will install python3-pip
package which provides the pip command for Python3.
$ sudo apt install python3-pip

Install For Python 2 On Fedora, CentOS, RedHat
Fedora, CentOS, RedHat are the same type of distributions use rpm
or yum
. We can install pip
for Python 2 with the following command. The package name will be python-pip
.
$ sudo yum install python-pip

Install For Python 3 On Fedora, CentOS, RedHat
Python3 pip can be installed with the package named python3-pip
. We will again use the yum install
command like below.
$ sudo yum install python3-pip

Print Python Pip Version
After installing the Python Pip we can print the exact version of the pip command. We can use -V
or --version
option in order to print the pip command version. We can use for pip
, pip2
or pip3
commands like below.
$ pip -V $ pip --version
OR $ pip3 -V $ pip3 --version
OR $ pip2 -V $ pip2 --version

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