How to use pip with Python 3 x alongside Python 2 x

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I installed Python 3 x  besides Python 2 x on Ubuntu  and slowly started to pair modules I use in Python 2 x   So I wonder  what approach should I take to make my life easy by using pip for both Python 2 x and Python 3 x

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On Suse Linux 13 2  pip calls python3  but pip2 is available to use the older python version

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Please note that on msys2 I ve found these commands to be helpful     pacman -S python3-pip   pip3 install --upgrade pip   pip3 install --user package name

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Thought this is old question  I think I have better solution   To use pip for a python 2 x environment  use this command -   py -2 -m pip install -r requirements txt To use pip for python 3 x environment  use this command -   py -3 -m pip install -r requirements txt

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If you don t want to have to specify the version every time you use pip   Install pip     curl https   raw github com pypa pip master contrib get-pip py   python3   and export the path     export PATH  Library Frameworks Python framework Versions  lt version number gt  bin  PATH

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In Windows  first installed Python 3 7 and then Python 2 7  Then  use command prompt   pip install python2-module-name pip3 install python3-module-name  That s all

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This worked for me on OS X   I say this because sometimes is a pain that mac has  its own  version of every open source tool  and you cannot remove it because  its improvements  make it unique for other apple stuff to work  and if you remove it things start falling appart   I followed the steps provided by  Lennart Regebro to get pip for python 3  nevertheless pip for python 2 was still first on the path  so    what I did is to create a symbolic link to python 3 inside  usr bin  in deed I did the same to have my 2 pythons running in peace    ln -s  Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 3 4 bin pip  usr bin pip3  Notice that I added a 3 at the end  so basically what you have to do is to use pip3 instead of just pip    The post is old but I hope this helps someone someday  this should theoretically work for any LINUX system

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What you can also do is to use apt-get   apt-get install python3-pip   In my experience this works pretty fluent too  plus you get all the benefits from apt-get

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The shortest way   python3 -m pip install package python -m pip install package

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The approach you should take is to install pip for Python 3 2   You do this in the following way     curl -O https   bootstrap pypa io get-pip py   sudo python3 2 get-pip py   Then  you can install things for Python 3 2 with pip-3 2  and install things for Python 2-7 with pip-2 7  The pip command will end up pointing to one of these  but I m not sure which  so you will have to check

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First  install Python 3 pip using   sudo apt-get install python3-pip     Then  to use Python 3 pip use   pip3 install  lt module-name gt    For Python 2 pip use   pip install  lt module-name gt

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