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I have 14.04. I read on the pip readthedocs that pip is included by default with Python 3. When I installed Python 3 on Windows it was there, but I'm getting pip command not found on Ubuntu. I checked dpkg and it is not there. I also looked at the Ubuntu Python 3 port page and did not see anything. If pip is here, where do I find it and get it working? If it is not here, why and what else is missing from the default Python 3 that I should know about so I don't waste time looking for it?

karel
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Open the terminal and type: 

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

python3-pip is the Python 3 version of the alternative Python package installer. This program is run from a terminal using: pip3.

Another program that is bundled with the default implementation of Python in Windows and is a separate package in Ubuntu is the IDLE Integrated Development Environment for Python 3 (idle3). I don't use IDLE myself. I much prefer Spyder (spyder3).

karel
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    Just to be clear: Is the command for pip3 pip, pip3, or pip-3.2, as in this answer http://superuser.com/questions/769920/python3-pip-installed-but-pip3-command-not-found – Malik A. Rumi Apr 02 '15 at 23:06
  • I was anticipating the some additional questions that weren't in your original question such as what about Enhanced interactive Python shell (ipython3) and Python 3 virtual environment creator (python3-venv)? python3-venv is in the default Ubuntu repositories starting with Ubuntu 14.10. The command to install a package using the pip3 (from the Ubuntu repos) is: sudo pip3 install some-package-name. The command to uninstall a package using pip3 is: sudo pip3 uninstall some-package-name. These commands are for a global install. The same commands without sudo are used for a local install – karel Apr 03 '15 at 03:53
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    Even though I did sudo apt install python3.8 and the current Ubuntu python is 3.7, this answer worked for me. –  Aug 11 '19 at 04:29
  • Well this does not work for me on python3.8 $ pip3 -V pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.6) – WestCoastProjects Apr 01 '20 at 21:25
  • @javadba try python3.8 -m pip install <whatever> –  Apr 01 '20 at 21:28
  • @Boris That's looking good. thanks. Note that pip3.8 does work on macos. Strange. – WestCoastProjects Apr 01 '20 at 21:36
  • Not really. It would give me pip for python3.6 although I have 3.8 installed. – Qumber Aug 01 '20 at 14:50
  • But still note that as of 2020, for Bionic 18.04, python3-pip is very out-of-date, at version 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4. So much has changed in the last 2 years! – nealmcb Oct 28 '20 at 03:50
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    @nealmcb The default version of python3-pip has been upgraded in Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.1. That's a big version upgrade. – karel Oct 28 '20 at 03:52
  • The approach I'd suggest on older systems is to ignore the old hard-to-upgrade system pip, and just install python3.x-venv, then use that to create virtual environments via python3.x -m venv ..., which automatically install a pip local to the venv, which can then be actived and used to upgrad the pip via pip install -U pip. – nealmcb Oct 28 '20 at 04:26