How to install pip for python 2.6?

Question

I tried following the instructions from this answer but easy_install-2.6 could not find pip:

>sudo easy_install-2.6 pip
Processing pip
error: Not a recognized archive type: pip

How do I install pip for python 2.6?

My root need for pip for 2.6 is explained in this thread.

Solution 1

Just follow the instructions here:

1. Securely download get-pip.py (this is the 2.6-specific file, link from Ricardo Iramar's answer).

2. In the directory you saved get-pip.py, run

   sudo python2.6 get-pip.py
   

   and you'll be all set.

This will install pip for Python 2.6, and won't touch your version 2.7 installation.

Solution 2

Find below the steps to install pip on Python 2.6.X:

$ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.6/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
$ python get-pip.py

Solution 3

on fedora/centos system, just use

yum install python-pip

on other linux system,use yum-like install tool

on window ,use the other solutions under this question

Solution 4

From this page : pip

pip works with CPython versions 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and also pypy.

sudo apt-get install python-pip

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Comments

[amphibient]

I do have pip installed but that works with python2.7 distro of python that is installed in parallel on my system with 2.6. i need to get pip to work with 2.6

[DavidK]

Ok, maybe installing from source is the right way to do it; like MattDMo suggests it.

[bonh]

I'm getting this error when trying to run with Python 2.6: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'WARNING'.

[Pierre-Luc Pineault]

Hands down the easiest solution on CentOS

[paradox]

I'm on ubuntu 16.04 LTS, this gives me error: File "get-pip.py", line 20061, 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

[Robert Lujo]

This worked, thanks, but just a note for others: current version still supports python 2.6, but future versions wont. pip command reports: DEPRECATION: Python 2.6 is no longer supported by the Python core team, please upgrade your Python. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.6

[Nandha Kumar]

If you don't have the super user permission, then use --user flag.

[UKDataGeek]

python2.6: command not found is the error message I get when I try this

[Mike Stoddart]

Note that the version of get-pip.py available via this link no longer supports Python 2.6. I believe it requires 2.7 and higher. See Ricardo's answer elsewhere on this page.

[JackTheKnife]

This works better than above which was throwing an error

[dsl101]

This should be the accepted answer for those of us still trying to support legacy systems :)

[Manuel Gijón]

I've tryed this and get this error message: pip._vendor.ipaddress.AddressValueError: 'XXX.XX.X.XX/XX' (len 14 != 4) is not permitted as an IPv4 address. Did you pass in a bytes (str in Python 2) instead of a unicode object? (erase the current ip, but there is one where the X's are)

[rovyko]

This gave me the following error: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this.

[MattDMo]

@MikeStoddart thanks, the link has been edited and clarified

[MattDMo]

Thanks for the correct link. Someone added it to my answer and I've clarified that it's the 2.6-specific one.

[lycanthrope10100]

https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.6/get-pip.py - Pradyun, on behalf of the volunteers who maintain pip.