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How to install python pip

Install pip using get-pip.py

1. If you haven't installed python already:

  • $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get install python3.6

2.  Get a copy of get-pip.py

2.1. The download will start automatically
2.2.  Navigate to the download folder in your terminal
2.3. Open terminal from here
2.4. Run
$ python get-pip.py

3. That's it! Now you can easily install python packages.

Examples:
$ pip install jupyter
$ pip install django==2.0

Install pip using python3 setuptools

1. Install setuptools on your linux machine
$ sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
2. Install pip using easy-install
$ python -m easy-install pip

Bonus

If you get "$ error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1"
Run the following:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python3-dev
$ sudo apt-get install python-dev
$ sudo pip install jupyter

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