Kali Linux (Debian) can't install pip.py

Question

I am trying to install 'python-pip', on kali linux (debian derived distribution), using the command below:

    apt-get install python-pip
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package python-pip

I am getting above error.

Any help?

Solution 1

https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

install this as a 'py' file. Go to Linux terminal type in

root# python get-pip.py 

Assuming downloaded file is located in 'root'

Solution 2

u/jelmer is correct, your /etc/apt/sources.list needs two more lines. Open the sources file and add these two lines

deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

afterwards open your terminal run

apt-get update

Pip should install easily with

apt-get install python-pip

Comments

[GoBusto]

python-pip is a valid package name, so what you've typed should work - check your sources.list to make sure that you're getting packages from the right place and run apt-get update to see if that helps. This really belongs on UNIX & Linux, though.

[Muhammad Suleman]

Newbee here, how to check sources.list? @GoBusto

[GoBusto]

You can find it in /etc/apt/sources.list and can view/edit it with any text editor. See the Debian Wiki for more information. Also, this may be obvious, but are you running apt-get as root?

[Muhammad Suleman]

It has only one source & that is ## Security updates deb security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free I don't believe its the correct one! @GoBusto

[jelmer]

You'll need more lines than just that - that repository would only contain security updates.