pip3.4 -V refers to python2.7 installation

Question

Edit-rephrased question to be less misleading

Is there a difference between pip3 and pip2? pip2 -V and pip3-V both produc

Answer 1

After reinstalling python3-pip (opensuse package) pip3 -V and pip3.4 -V produce correct output

pip 7.1.0 from /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages (python 3.4)

I had actually also uninstalled pip2 in the process and strangely reinstalling pip2 with python get-pip (get-pip) changed my newly working pip3.4 to point to the python2 site-packages again. This I just changed by deleting the wrong pip3.4 and making a symlink to pip3

Answer 2

You can use --python=python3 flag to specify the Python version you want to use.

Answer 3

I too was facing the same problem, the following aliasing helped.

alias pip3="python3 -m pip"

Answer 4

I was struggling with the same issue on my EC2 and finally found the solution to it. You can use it in following way-

python3 -m pip <install> <library>

adding python3 -m before pip calls pip3 from the correct location. You can check its location as follows-

python3 -m pip -V
pip 19.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)

Answer 5

In Debian, I found three short files in /usr/local/bin: pip; pip3; and pip3.4. All were identical:

#!/usr/bin/python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
import sys

from pip import main

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
    sys.exit(main())

By changing the very first shebang line of pip3 (with sudo) to

#!/usr/bin/python3

Then ensuring that the original pip was explicitly

#!/usr/bin/python2

All of my similar confusion and errors disappeared.