Installing pip on macOS does not work (anymore)

Question

I followed online instructions on how to install pip on macOS (for example this, this, and this).

I all seems to simple, but it's not working for me.

My python --version is 2.7.10.

When I run sudo easy_install pip I get:

$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:
Searching for pip
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Couldn't find index page for 'pip' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
No local packages or download links found for pip
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('pip')

Any idea how I can fix or work around this?

Answer 1

Use brew for Macs

"brew install python"

this will come with pip and both python2 and python3

instructions to bypass 2 python versions (if you want) are at https://pip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing/

otherwise, it'll just be "python3 <'program'>"

Here's how to install brew: https://www.howtogeek.com/211541/homebrew-for-os-x-easily-installs-desktop-apps-and-terminal-utilities/

Answer 2

You might have pip3 instead. Use it to upgrade pip.

pip3 install --upgrade pip

Answer 3

easy_install has been deprecated. Use below commands instead.

1. curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

2. python get-pip.py

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