Installing pip with correct python version

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I am on shared hosting and I need to install pip with the correct python version, 2.7. To install pip, I did:

$ easy_install pip

However, after it was installed I get the following:

[dave@web1 lib]$ pip --version
pip 1.0.2 from /home/premiere/dave/financials/lib/pip-1.0.2-py2.7.egg (python 2.4)

How would I re-install pip to work on the python2.7 version, which is also installed on the machine?

[premiered@web1 ~]$ python --version
Python 2.6.6

Which is strange, since it is installing to python2.4.

No it DOES NOT installed to python2.4, but correctly 2.7, according to -py2.7.egg :) — Felix Yan
– Felix Yan, Commented Jan 27, 2012 at 2:28

Felix Yan · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-27 02:22:56Z

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You may want to create a virtualenv using -p /path/to/python-2.7.binary param, and then activate it. Then all stuff you installed using pip would be correctly into your virtualenv.

answered Jan 27, 2012 at 2:22

Felix Yan

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David542 Over a year ago

How do I find where my python binary is?

Felix Yan Over a year ago

By default all python binaries are inside /usr/bin, such as /usr/bin/python2.7. If you are able to run python2.7 from terminal, you should be able to use which python2.7 to get its location :)

MarkHu · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-13 22:46:10Z

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If multiple versions of python are installed on the system, then you should invoke the version you want when installing. i.e.

$ python27 easy_install pip

This creates a pip file in your path that contains the specified version of python in the hashBang line.

answered Mar 13, 2013 at 22:46

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