“E: Unable to locate package python-pip” on Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I am trying to install virtualenv on Ubuntu.

First it said command \'pip\' not found, so I typed

sudo apt install python-pip
         


        

Answer 1

ls /bin/python*

Identify the highest version of python listed. If the highest version is something like python2.7 then install python2-pip If its something like python3.8 then install python3-pip

Example for python3.8:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip