pip missing for osx homebrew installed python3.5

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I use homebrew to install and mantain python installations on OSX

Since latest python3 update pip is missing. The pip module for python2.7 is present while it is missing for python3

It would be nice to have some suggestions on how to install it so that it would not break at every python3 upgrade

Please note that the packages are installed using homebrew (eg. brew install pythonX.X)

Following are the system information: OS: OSX 10.11.2 (el capitan)

python + pip installation status
- python2.7.11 + pip (OK!)
- python3.5.1 + pip (pip is missing!)

Following is the output from the command 'which -a python'
/usr/local/bin/python
/usr/bin/python

thanks a lot in advance for your help

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pythonmacospython-3.xpiphomebrew
Yes, pip is simply missing for python3 I also confirmed it doing >>help() help> modules and pip is missing from the list of installed modules – Salvatore Cosentino
Can you add the ouput of which -a python to your question? – cel
Thanks a lot @cel I just did, and I did not know about the '-a' option. – Salvatore Cosentino
python3 -m ensurepip will bootstrap pip for you, After that python3 -m pip install <pkg-name> can be used to install packages. – cel
Great! It just works. Thanks you a lot, did not know about ensurepip. – Salvatore Cosentino

1 Answers

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Same on High Sierra. Matt W's solution worked:

$ brew uninstall python3
$ unset PYTHONPATH
$ brew install python3

Another 6 minutes waiting... go grab a coffee.