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I am trying to install electrum on my Ubuntu live USB. Please forgive me because I am very new to this OS. I have also made a persistence 4GB space for installing software.

How can I get past this error? I tried using 

sudo apt-get update

first, but I still get 

E: Unable to locate package python-pip

when I try to install.

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2 Answers2

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Two Methods:

  • You can install through Ubuntu Software Center.

    1. Open Ubuntu Software Center and search for easy_install

    2. Highlight alternative Python package installer (python-pip) from the list and click Install

    3. You can check weather the installation was successful or not by giving the command

      which pip

      you will see the path of installed application, for example

      /usr/local/bin/pip

  • Second method

    1. Open terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T and type the following:

      cd ~

      to navigate to your home directory.

    2. Then issue the below command:

      wget -P Downloads/ https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/oodt/tools/oodtsite.publisher/trunk/distribute_setup.py

    3. Next step is to run the downloaded script. To do this, issue this command:

      sudo python Downloads/distribute_setup.py

    4. and type your user password when prompted (Please, note that your account needs to be a member of Administrators group in order to issue sudo).

    5. Hit Enter and let the script run.

    6. To ensure easy_install is installed, issue the command below:

      which easy_install

      The typical response in case the installation completed successfully would look something like this:

      /usr/local/bin/easy_install

    7. The next thing to do is use easy_install to install pip. For that you’ll need to issue:

      sudo easy_install pip

    8. Enter your password if prompted to confirm command.

    9. Let the installer run and once the installation is completed type:

      which pip

      This command should typically respond with something like this:

      /usr/local/bin/pip

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    Hello I tried typing 'easy_install' but no result returned :( – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:25
  • I also tried searching the exact words alternative python and python-pip also doesn't return any result. – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:28
  • It says "Interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)" is installed – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:30
  • python interpreter 2.7 and 3.2 also installed – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:31
  • I mean they have check marks on the icons – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:32
  • I was following this installation instruction from electrum page: http://electrum.org/download.html

    I started typing installation for python-qt4 and for python-pip but the error above showed up after I entered it

     – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:37
  • from the terminal: – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:37
  • Python 2.7.3 GCC 4.7.2 on linux2 – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:38
  • I have exited the shell. Thanks for sticking up for me for so long..

    WHat do you mean by "find the same on my edited answer"? I tried refreshing the page but no edited answer

     – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:45
  • Hi I get an error:

    wget: missing URL

     – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 15:57
  • All done! wohoo you are a GOD send! let me just install electrum to see if it will work out now – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 16:02
  • Electrum is fully working. Will the installed application be able to load again if I reload the OS on usb? – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 16:08
  • I tried click upvote but it says I need more reps I clicked the check button to mark it as my answer. Is that alright?

    Also can you tell me if the those I have installed won't be erased when I finsihed using the usb pen (That is pulling the pen stick out of my machine). Will it still retain the apps?

     – Squid34 Mar 16 '13 at 16:17
  • Yes. you have now installed the application successfully. so there should not be any issues. you are all set. – VRU Mar 16 '13 at 16:21
  • Please be very careful about downloading scripts via HTTP (and not HTTPS) and then running them with sudo. This puts your system at extreme risk. It is trivial for a network-controlling attacker to alter data in transit and install malware on your machine using man-in-the-middle techniques (for example using ARP poisoning). Especially if you plan on storing bitcoin on your machine with electrum as you mentioned, you should be very cautious about how you download software. Please make sure you download your software using HTTPS from trusted domain names. – dionyziz Dec 30 '14 at 09:36
  • @Daytron try turning on Universe repository. The python-pip package is in Universe, and if it can't find it you need to verify that 'universe' repository is enabled. – Thomas Ward May 10 '15 at 00:26
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I, too, am new to Ubuntu, and I had a similar problem. I needed to install pip, but kept getting the error message:

Unable to locate package python-pip

After doing more research, I tried:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip

This seemed to do the trick for me. I hope this helps others having the same issue.

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