How to change pip3 command to be pip?

Question

I uninstalled pip, and I installed pip3 instead. Now, I want to use pip3 by typing pip only. The reason is I am used to t

Answer 1

Pip is installed in /usr/bin/. If you don't have pip at all, I would suggest to install pip3 only. Make sure you don't need older version.

You can check available pip versions using following command.

ls /usr/bin/pip*

If you have multiple pip you need to prioritize your pip versions. I had only pip3 so I add it to the first priority. You can use following command and it is done.

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip pip /usr/bin/pip3 1

You will get output as :

update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/pip3 to provide /usr/bin/pip (pip) in auto mode

Test now:

pip --version

You will get: pip 18.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.7)

If you have other version for python2.7, you can use same update command and change last digit 1 to 2. This will make it second priority.