“bash: pip: command not found” when using “pip install …”

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On Linux Ubuntu with python 3.6.9

When i try to download pip, it says i already have it. So when i try to pip install ... it gives me error "bash: pip: command not found".

When i type "which pip" in the terminal it gives me nothing and creates a new line.

(While also it doesn't work in the normal terminal) I should also say I'm trying to do this in a virualenv. It gives the same errors when trying to install pip (I already have it) and when trying to use pip ("bash: pip: command not found")

echo $PATH output: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

sorry if this doesn't make sense, kinda a noob

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Sounds like bash doesn’t know where to find pip. Might need to be added to your env variables. Please update your question with the output of echo $PATH, from your venv. - S3DEV
Have you tried python3 -m pip - Prayson W. Daniel

1 Answers

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Try the following:

  • python -m pip install ....
  • python3 -m pip install ....
  • py3 -m pip install ....

As @S3DEV commented, there could be a problem with your path variables, so trying python before pip could solve. Those other variations (python3 and py) can also work.