Difference between pip3 and python3 -m pip

Question

I am trying to install some packages using pip and python3. I am using MacOS, so by default when I run pip, it uses my version of Python 2.

I have been able to insta

Answer 1

As @tihorn says, pip3 and python3 -m pip should be the same. There is at least one exception: if they are not in the same path. I had the following setup:

$ which pip3
/usr/bin/pip3
$ which python3
/home/username/anaconda3/bin/python3

After installing modules with pip3 and verifying with pip3 freeze, I was not able to access them when running python3 my_script.py or python3 -c 'import my_module'. I was getting a ModuleNotFound error.