How can I use pip to pip install Python 3 in Ubuntu terminal?

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Currently using Cloud9's ACE IDE dev environment for some learning opportunities, however, I ran into an API that is exclusively made for Python 3.

How can I pip install Python 3 while keeping python 2.7.6 (the current version) intact?

Possible duplicate of [How to install pip with Python 3?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6587507/how-to-install-pip-with-python-3) — Checkmate, Jul 07 '16 at 18:41
I am 90% sure that it is not possible to install Python using PIP. — Nathan, Jul 07 '16 at 18:47
You realise you cannot use the lib with your python2 code? Also as david pointed out you 100 percent cannot install python with pip, if you want difference versions of python use a virtualenv — Padraic Cunningham, Jul 07 '16 at 19:18
That is a horrible dupe target. Literally nothing to do with this question except it mentions a few of the same words. — Two-Bit Alchemist, Jul 07 '16 at 19:35

Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard · Answer 1 · 2016-07-08T00:55:51.943

pip cannot be used to install Python, pip is used to install python packages, it's a package manager.

If you are looking for a command line utility that handles installing different version of CPython, (among other things) you can look at conda, conda is an environment manager.

conda is usually packaged with anaconda and works by managing environments in which you can specify different versions of Python. It helps you easily install different (with conda env create versions of python and switch between them via different environments (with source activate).

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '16 at 19:00

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From the question it seems like you want to use apt-get instead of pip.

Try this:

sudo apt-get install python3

answered Jul 07 '16 at 19:00

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '16 at 01:04

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You can't use pip to install Python 3. In any case, since you specifically mentioned the Cloud9 IDE, it already comes with both Python 2 and 3. python is symlinked to python2 though, so if you want to call Python 3, you have to type python3 (instead of just python) in the terminal.

answered Jul 08 '16 at 01:04

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I didn't know Cloud9 had both active. That solves my problem. Thank you. – t3sk0 Jul 11 '16 at 12:31

How can I use pip to pip install Python 3 in Ubuntu terminal?

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