I’m trying to install PIP on Ubuntu 20.04.02 but apparently the command sudo apt install python3-pipis throwing me to a broken destiny.
Basically it can’t find the files it’s looking for, and it won’t find for sure because the file doesnt exist.
Example:
$ sudo apt install python3-pip
...
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
$ Y
...
Not found something...
...
Not found something else...
...
E: Failed to find http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.8/libpython3.8-dev_3.8.5-1~20.04.2_amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Impossible to find some files, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix --missing?
I translated it, so maybe it is not exactly how it is supposed to be in english
If you access http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python3.8/ then you can see that the file PIP install is looking for doesnt exist (libpython3.8-dev_3.8.5-1~20.04.2_amd64.deb)
WHy is that? How can I install PIP on Ubuntu 20.04?
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Answer
I have Ubuntu 20.04.02 as well and there pip already came installed! Specifically for python3.8 and python3.9.
When I want to install a specific library I just run that following command
python3.8 -m pip install module_name_here
When I don’t specify python3.8, (and just write python) it defaults to python 2.7.1 on my rig and that indeed doesn’t have pip installed for some reason, but it looks like you want to install pip on python3.8.