How To Install python3-pip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pip on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-pip
python3-pip is:
pip is the Python package installer. It integrates with virtualenv, doesn’t do partial installs, can save package state for replaying, can install from non-egg sources, and can install from version control repositories.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
Package: python3-pip Architecture: all Version: 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.5 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: python-pip Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1025 Provides: pip Depends: ca-certificates, python3-distutils, python3-setuptools, python3-wheel, python-pip-whl (= 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.5), python3:any Recommends: build-essential, python3-dev (>= 3.2) Breaks: python-pip Replaces: python-pip Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pip/python3-pip_20.0.2-5ubuntu1.5_all.deb Size: 230484 MD5sum: 2012ed19731ccf8407da5cef48cff761 SHA1: fdc2fc367a4fa76f0b4503c23dc5ec920fa7cd98 SHA256: 5dd61ab0d961e1c4e4e8f692f1bbe14c1f7e2759513f0ff28a82eab547ce1cd3 SHA512: 5f579577cce99922693f23025e78bed3b5f2f4d315cf3394d68e087c79f4366117a96de7200019fc32b50ab46fa75be15f14c379203c4a3d2f9be38e6975bed4 Homepage: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/ Description-en: Python package installer pip is the Python package installer. It integrates with virtualenv, doesn’t do partial installs, can save package state for replaying, can install from non-egg sources, and can install from version control repositories.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
Package: python3-pip Architecture: all Version: 20.0.2-5ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: python-pip Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1022 Depends: ca-certificates, python3-distutils, python3-setuptools, python3-wheel, python-pip-whl (= 20.0.2-5ubuntu1), python3:any Recommends: build-essential, python3-dev (>= 3.2) Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pip/python3-pip_20.0.2-5ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 230292 MD5sum: e3e10be62ce330ac8fae108627d057b1 SHA1: 8b49bb2e548799478621a34be84ffe31be45f1ba SHA256: ed023d34ecfbfb1293521c788ac1ad99bc8a4c6c6cc42fb9071f59c740133728 Homepage: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/ Description-en: Python package installer pip is the Python package installer. It integrates with virtualenv, doesn’t do partial installs, can save package state for replaying, can install from non-egg sources, and can install from version control repositories.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-pip on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-pip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip
Install python3-pip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pip
Install python3-pip Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pip
How To Uninstall python3-pip on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-pip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pip
Uninstall python3-pip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pip
Remove python3-pip Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pip
Remove python3-pip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
