How can I install the pylint for python2.7?

Question

I try to install the pylint for the python2.7 which in ubuntu 18.04, but it raises an error with this words:

pip install pylint                                  
Collecting pylint
  Using cached https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/packages/04/1f/1d3929051b45c3e4015178c5fe5bbee735fb4e362e0fc4f0fbf3f68647ad/pylint-2.1.1.tar.gz
pylint requires Python '>=3.4.*' but the running Python is 2.7.15

I have been used the pip3 installed the pylint successfully for python3.6.

So, how can I install the pylint for python2.7?

Answer 1

pylint still maintains support for Python 2 until maybe next year or so. But you need to install 1.9.X instead of 2.X. It seems though that you already had pylint installed, once you uninstall it you should be able to get 1.9 instead.