How to install packages on Linux for Python 2 with pip when Python 3 is installed

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I'm trying to install a package for python 2 using pip, however it defaults to installing for python 3. The script I need to run only works in python 2.7, which i do have installed alongside python 3. The pip-2.7 command does not exist, nor pip2. Is there a way besides that to directly install the package? (hexdump, btw if that helps).

Is python2 on your path? Usually it's just python. So you cold run python -m pip install xxxx. — Arthur Pereira
– Arthur Pereira, Commented Dec 8, 2020 at 4:35

NRE · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-08 04:36:14Z

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Did you checked if Python2 is installed ?

Did you tried pip2 command ?

What's the result if you do which pip ?

if pip2 or pip2.7 don't work, you can try /usr/bin/pip2 or /usr/bin/pip2.7

answered Dec 8, 2020 at 4:36

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