sudo and pip not on the same path

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pip and sudo are not on the same path on my machine, so when (basically all the time) I need to run both commands, like so:

sudo pip install xxx

I get:

sudo: pip: command not found

pip downloads packages, but since access is being denied at the end of installation, it ends up failing.

by doing pip -V, (which pip returns nothing) I get to know where pip is:

pip 1.5.4 from /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)

and by doing sudo bash -c 'echo $PATH',

I get:

/usr/bin:~/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Applications/Zed.app/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin

I have tried to symlink pip into sudo's directories, like so:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip, to no avail.

How do I put sudo on the same path?

Possible duplicate of [Where is pip installed to when using get-pip.py?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22278138/where-is-pip-installed-to-when-using-get-pip-py) — Loaf, Jan 08 '17 at 02:57
duplicate of: [Command not found when using sudo](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12996397/command-not-found-when-using-sudo) — Omid, Jan 19 '17 at 14:41

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '17 at 23:53

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After installing pip, I did

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip

and now root can use pip without any PATH modifications. I had trouble making PATH modifications to the root account.

answered Oct 20 '17 at 23:53

Jeff Tsay

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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According to here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/83194, you should be able to run this command like this:

sudo env 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' pip ...

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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answered Jan 19 '17 at 04:58

Tim Ludwinski

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as in `sudo 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' pip install xxx`? this does not work: still: `sudo: pip: command not found` – 8-Bit Borges Jan 19 '17 at 05:16
Ok. I updated the post, and this time I tested it and am sure it works. – Tim Ludwinski Jan 19 '17 at 05:24
I get `env: pip: No such file or directory`. maybe `pip` is not in `usr/local/bin`? – 8-Bit Borges Jan 19 '17 at 05:27
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Try the command `which pip`. That should tell you where the pip executable is located. – Tim Ludwinski Jan 19 '17 at 05:31
I have. please refer to question: which pip returns nothing. in which case the question is: where does pip executable lives? – 8-Bit Borges Jan 19 '17 at 05:32
If you don't have the `which` command, you can try `locate pip` or `find / -name "pip"` (this second one may take a little time). – Tim Ludwinski Jan 19 '17 at 05:33
doing that. will let you know – 8-Bit Borges Jan 19 '17 at 05:41
Alternately, you can run pip like this: `sudo python -c 'import pip; pip.main()' ...`. – Tim Ludwinski Jan 19 '17 at 05:48
Can I have the bounty? – Tim Ludwinski Jan 24 '17 at 21:32
sorry, I thought it was granted to you after I'd accepted your answer. there you go. – 8-Bit Borges Jan 24 '17 at 21:39

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '17 at 02:54

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You tried just doing sudo su and seeing if it works?

answered Jan 08 '17 at 02:54

Furrowed

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it gives me: `sh-3.2# ` – 8-Bit Borges Jan 08 '17 at 03:00
Yes, now you are root. Try running "pip install package" now. The sudo command is just a command to make you temporarily root. sudo su logs you in as root. – Furrowed Jan 08 '17 at 03:07
The only thing I can think of is that your root account has a different set of paths to your lower user account. Do you have a custom .bashrc? – Furrowed Jan 08 '17 at 07:33
I have, but not doing much. how could it help me? – 8-Bit Borges Jan 08 '17 at 18:24
Well, if you have a PATH set in that file, it could be why only that account finds it. I was going to comment on someone else's answer but don't have enough reputation yet so I'll comment here. run "which pip" in the terminal. This should tell you where it is located. Then do "sudo ". If you want a one liner to do all that, this should do it - "sudo `which pip`" <-- note the backticks, they must be in place for this to work. Obviously remove the quotation marks though. edit - The post formatting here strips the backticks out. They are around the whereis pip command – Furrowed Jan 09 '17 at 10:05

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 08 '17 at 03:09

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Wherever pip lives, it's not in your path when you sudo. So try this:

sudo /usr/local/bin/pip

If that doesn't work, then say which pip to find out where pip lives, and proceed accordingly.

answered Jan 08 '17 at 03:09

Alex L

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`sudo: /usr/local/bin/pip: command not found`, and `which pip` returns nothing. – 8-Bit Borges Jan 08 '17 at 03:11

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 19 '17 at 15:10

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It seems like pip is not installed at system level. You can install pip at system level by running sudo apt-get install python-pip from terminal.After this you can upgrade pip by running sudo pip install --upgrade pip .

answered Jan 19 '17 at 15:10

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 19 '17 at 15:21

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If you use sudo env "PATH=$PATH" pip install xxx, you should be able to run the right pip executable.

answered Jan 19 '17 at 15:21

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 22 '17 at 22:50

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Have you tried

sudo -H <your_commands>

?

This should preserve your user environment.

answered Jan 22 '17 at 22:50

Martin Krämer

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