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How to install pip on Ubuntu

Date: 2010-02-15  |   Modified: 2011-04-09  |   Tags: install_setup, python, ubuntu   |   10 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

10 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.


#5 hibou commented on 2012-04-12:

Thanks a lot!


#6 Josué commented on 2012-05-26:

Thanks a lot!


#7 federico commented on 2012-06-21:

Never do sudo easy_install or sudo pip on a package-based distribution! Use virtualenv only.

http://workaround.org/easy-install-debian


#8 karthik commented on 2012-12-18:

worked..gr8...thnx..!!!1


#9 Mihail commented on 2013-01-13:

This tutorial really helped my to install pip on my Linux Mint distributions. Regards!


#10 Jaymz commented on 2013-01-31:

I am trying to install pip on ubuntu 10.10. But the mirror is dead, and I keep receiving errors, basically 404 as it fails to find required files. :( Is there anyway that I can install pip on my machine. As I need it to get pymongo ...

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