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How to install pip on Ubuntu

Date: 2010-02-15  |   Modified: 2011-04-09  |   Tags: install_setup, python, ubuntu   |   4 Comments

Pip is a better alternative to Easy Install for installing Python packages. It is most "nutritious" when used with its companion virtualenv. For more information on pip and virtualenv see my blog post: Notes on using pip and virtualenv with Django.

Install pip and virtualenv for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick and newer

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential 
$ sudo pip install --upgrade pip 
$ sudo pip install --upgrade virtualenv

For older versions of Ubuntu

  • Install Easy Install 
    $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential
  • Install pip 
    $ sudo easy_install pip
  • Install virtualenv 
    $ sudo pip install --upgrade virtualenv

4 Comments — feed icon Comments feed for this post


#1 bob commented on 2010-03-19:

too bad the version in the ubuntu reps is old as hell


#2 Charles Merriam commented on 2010-08-03:

The next step should be:

$ pip install --upgrade pip


#3 pqs commented on 2010-10-29:

This also works on Debian Lenny :-)


#4 Eliot commented on 2011-03-27:

Charles: Thanks. I updated the post to include upgrading pip.

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