Unable to install pip in ubuntu?

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I tried to install pip several times but couldn't. This is how my terminal looks like while trying to install pip:

aman@aman-HP-Pavilion-Notebook:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pip

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python-pip is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

aman@aman-HP-Pavilion-Notebook:~$ pip

The program 'pip' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install python-pip

aman@aman-HP-Pavilion-Notebook:~$ sudo pip

sudo: pip: command not found

aman@aman-HP-Pavilion-Notebook:~$
ubuntu-14.04 pip installation linux python
2 Answers

the problem is probably you have two versions of python 2 installed on your PC in different locations and pip of one of the copies of python got removed somehow. so when you try to install the pip for a copy, system says that there is a pip already installed in another location and also the /usr/local/bin folder is also missing the pip file used to installed pip.

i just solved this issue so i will try to explain it in a way so that beginners also understand it properly

copy the already installed pip file to the location where it is missing instead of installing it through commands as command will detect the already installed pip.

the solution is very simple:

run these commands in a terminal (command prompt) in Ubuntu

which pip

# to get the location of the pip file already installed

cp location provided by which pip location where to copy pip file

hope it helps.

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