pip2 command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

pip2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pip2: command not found

Solutions to pip2: command not found

How To Fix pip2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pip2 is provided by python-pip package.

python-pip is:

pip is the Python package installer. It integrates with virtualenv, doesn’t do partial installs, can save package state for replaying, can install from non-egg sources, and can install from version control repositories.

This is the Python 2.7 version of the package, the last version of pip supporting Python 2.7.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install python-pip

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install python-pip.

sudo apt -y install python-pip

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install python-pip

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix pip2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.