Pip doesn't update to latest python version

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Python is on version 2.7.3, but when i try to upgrade python through "pip" i get this:

$ pip install --upgrade python
Requirement already up-to-date: python in /usr/lib64/python2.6/lib-dynload
Cleaning up...

any suggestions?

jfs · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-21 20:43:23Z

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pip installs python packages, not python itself.

Changing a system python version is a bad idea. To install an additional python version system-wide you could use your system package manager such as apt-get.

To manage personal python installations you could use pythonz.

answered Jun 21, 2012 at 20:43

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user146416 Over a year ago

Related is github.com/pypa/pip/issues/583 I may try get the pypi Python entry fixed or better still removed. Pip won't be able to build and install it anyway as it doesn't use ./configure && make rather than setup.py

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