Install pip for python 3.5

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SOLUTION My user did not own permissions to the pip directory, I reinstalled Python 3.5 using the sudo -H flag

I'm trying to install Tensorflow for python 3.5 using pip3 -- for reasons described in this github issue -- but when I install using sudo pip3 install *.whl it installs to python 3.4.

How can I redirect pip3 to install into my python 3.5 directory?

I'm running on Ubuntu 14.04

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.4 -m pip --version
pip 8.1.2 from /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip-8.1.2-py3.4.egg (python 3.4)
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 -m pip --version
/usr/local/bin/python3.5: No module named pip

It looks like I don't even have pip installed for python 3.5. How can I do this?

I've tried

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ pip install -U pip
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/pip-8.1.2-py3.4.egg

Also,

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ whereis pip
pip: /usr/bin/pip /usr/bin/X11/pip /usr/local/bin/pip3.4 /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/local/bin/pip2.7 /usr/share/man/man1/pip.1.gz

I can't find any support for upgrading to pip3.5

UPDATE

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python3-setuptools is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libntdb1 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic python-ntdb
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo python3.5 easy_install.py pip
python3.5: can't open file 'easy_install.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 -m ensurepip
Ignoring ensurepip failure: pip 8.1.1 requires SSL/TLS
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install pip3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pip3


kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libssl-dev is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libntdb1 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic python-ntdb
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 -m ensurepip
Ignoring ensurepip failure: pip 8.1.1 requires SSL/TLS

As recommended by @fwalsh

kendall@kendall-Macmini:~/Downloads$ python3.5 get-pip.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get-pip.py", line 19177, in <module>
    main()
  File "get-pip.py", line 194, in main
    bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
  File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
    import pip
zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available

It seems like I'm missing all sorts of dependencies -- I'm going to try reinstalling

pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#installing-with-get-pip-py — fwalch
– fwalch, Commented Jul 7, 2016 at 16:27
@fwalch I added update, it seems I'm missing all sorts of dependencies -- going to try reinstalling 3.5 — Kendall Weihe
– Kendall Weihe, Commented Jul 7, 2016 at 16:33
so were you able to install pip for python3.5? How did you do that part? That is what the question title is about but it seems you already did that? — Charlie Parker
– Charlie Parker, Commented Feb 8, 2017 at 21:39
Can you take the solution, answer your own question, then accept the answer? This would be the approved way to reply to your own question! — L Martin
– L Martin, Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 14:38

L Martin · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-04 11:15:02Z

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Check: /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages

You'll either have Pip there or easy_install(part of Pythons setup tools), which can be used to install Pip:

sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
sudo python3.5 easy_install.py pip

Or you can try:

python3.5 -m ensurepip

Another option is attempting to install from a repository, the package name depends on your distribution:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip pip3

Edit: Try this correction for easy install:

sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
sudo python3.5 /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/easy_install.py pip

I'm assuming that's the directory it's installed to.

Also, you're missing this library for the python3.5 -m ensurepip command:

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

edited Apr 4, 2018 at 11:15

answered Jul 7, 2016 at 16:12

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Kendall Weihe Over a year ago

added update in the post. I'm beginning to think my python 3.5 install went wrong somewhere. Should I reinstall?

Kendall Weihe Over a year ago

updated again, and again, is something wrong with my python 3.5 install? lol

Kendall Weihe Over a year ago

I installed from the source python.org/downloads although now that I think about it, I'm beginning to think I installed the wrong source (wrong OS?) I clicked on the large `Download Python 3.5.21 button at the top of the page -- I'm running linux SCRATCH THIS IDEA

Kendall Weihe Over a year ago

easy_install.py simply does not exist in my python 3.5 directory

Kendall Weihe Over a year ago

Ah I found the issue! My user did not own the pip directory, I had to use the -H flag

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Cerin · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-30 22:50:46Z

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All the various Python 3.* versions seem to re-use the same pip location, which makes it difficult to call for a specific Python version.

However, you can call pip for a specific version by specifying it as a module. So instead of doing:

pip3.5 install <blah>

which doesn't exist on most distros, do:

python3.5 -m pip install <blah>

answered Aug 30, 2021 at 22:50

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Andrew Nodermann · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-09 13:22:45Z

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Try

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 2

python3 -V

edited Dec 9, 2020 at 13:22

answered Dec 9, 2020 at 13:13

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akshay dhule Over a year ago

The question is looking for python 3.5 version

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