Installing Python3 & pip in AWS EC-2 Instance

In this article we will see how to install python 3 and python pip in AWS EC-2 instance. CentOS 7

First step

Installing epel repository

[root@mail centos]# yum -y install epel-release

Installing python3

[root@mail centos]# yum -y install python3

Then download the script from pypa.io

[root@mail centos]# curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
 100 1842k  100 1842k    0     0  6600k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 6604k

To install pip for everyone type the following command

[root@mail centos]# python3 get-pip.py
Collecting pip
Downloading pip-20.3.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.5 MB)
|████████████████████████████████| 1.5 MB 14.9 MB/s
Collecting wheel
Downloading wheel-0.36.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (35 kB)
Installing collected packages: pip, wheel
Attempting uninstall: pip
Found existing installation: pip 9.0.3
Uninstalling pip-9.0.3:
Successfully uninstalled pip-9.0.3
WARNING: The scripts pip, pip3 and pip3.6 are installed in '/usr/local/bin' which is not on PATH.
Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
WARNING: The script wheel is installed in '/usr/local/bin' which is not on PATH.
Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
Successfully installed pip-20.3.3 wheel-0.36.2

Add the executable path, ~/.local/bin, to your PATH variable

[root@mail centos]# export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

Now you should be able to call pip directly

[root@mail centos]# pip --version
pip 20.3.3 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)

Done

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