Problem in installing pip in Ubuntu 16.04

16.04 python python3 pip

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Solution 1

Had a similar problem a while ago. If I remember correctly, it was solved by purging and reinstalling with

sudo apt-get purge python-pip

followed by

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-pip

Purge removes configuration files as well as uninstalling the package.

Solution 2

Probably pip is hashed at its previous location. To confirm, run type pip. The output may be

pip is hashed (/home/coder/.local/bin/pip)

If yes, run hash -d pip. That will fix it.

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john400

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

john400 over 1 year
Actually, I wanted to install pip because I needed to install pycurl which was needed for using Wfuzz. The main fact is that I need to install pip.

I remembered that I had already installed pip once but since I was getting some kind of weird errors, I just removed pip using
```
sudo apt-get remove python-pip
```
But now, when I am using
```
sudo apt-get install python-pip
```
The pip V 8.1 is getting installed, but when I am trying to use it, the error shows.
```
bash: /home/coder/.local/bin/pip: No such file or directory
```
I already went through this: Problem installing pip: pip command not found

But there are already 3 pip files at that location, named pip, pip2 and pip2.7

So what should I do now? Any help will be much appreciated as I really need to use the tool wfuzz for other purposes.

OS: Ubuntu 16.04
- Dadep almost 6 years
  
  stackoverflow.com/questions/26279207/…
- john400 almost 6 years
  
  @Dadep. That problem seems different though I tried purging and reinstalling yet no success
- Dadep almost 6 years
  
  Did you try to install with yum or like this : pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing ?
- john400 almost 6 years
  
  Hey I was able to install it. I think I just closed and opened my terminal again. Thanks for the help too. But now I am having problems with installing pycurl using the command >pip install pycurl. But its giving some error
- Dadep almost 6 years
  
  just open new question, for pycurl installation if you need help
- john400 almost 6 years
  
  Everything worked out for me. I got the same error question here stackoverflow.com/questions/37669428/…
Pablo Bianchi over 5 years

Then I had to fix /usr/bin/pip.