pip command not found - Amazon Linux

Introduction

The pip command is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. If you are using Amazon Linux and encounter the error “pip command not found,” it means that the pip command is not installed on your system.

Installing pip on Amazon Linux

To install the pip command on Amazon Linux, follow these steps:

1. Update your package manager:

sudo yum update

2. Install python-pip package:

sudo yum install python-pip

3. Verify the installation by checking the version of pip:

pip --version

Solution for Incompatible Commands

If any of the above commands are not compatible with Amazon Linux, you can use the following alternatives:

• For updating the package manager, you can use sudo yum check-update followed by sudo yum upgrade.
• Instead of installing python-pip, you can try installing pip using curl and python:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install the pip command on Amazon Linux, a package management system for Python packages. By following the steps provided, you can ensure that pip is installed and ready to use on your system for managing Python packages efficiently.