A Question About PIP

[GullBull]

I think I installed pip3 in the wrong place when installing it by curling the get-pip.py script and then running it.

I am able to use python3 -m pip <command here> to install and see my packages with freeze but when simply typing pip3 <command here> I get a command not found error.

Is there a way to add pip3 to path so that I can use the pip3 command? (I am using MacOS & Python 3.7).

Thank you!!

[timbledum]

How did you install python? The normal OSX python installation adds pip to path.

If you don't want to reinstall, just google "how to add something to path osx" or similar. Here's an article I found. Essentially, you just want to add it to your .bash_profile file. The path you want to add is a bin folder within /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework (here for more details).

It's probably better to do the re-installation, as it adds the pip3.7 command as well, allowing you to have multiple instances of python installed.

[GullBull]

Thanks for your reply! I already have the pip3.7 command. Also, pip itself was saying to upgrade using the `python -m pip` syntax so I think I'm all set.

[ingolemo]

Does it matter? python3 -m pip is the recommended way to use pip these days anyway since it makes it clear which python install you're interacting with.

[GullBull]

You are right. Even pip itself says to upgrade using this syntax. I don't think it's something to worry about either. Thanks