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How to install pip and pipenv properly on Ubuntu 17.10

Ubuntu 17.10 comes with python3 3.6.3 installed by default but not pip and pipenv. We can install install pip systemwide and pipenv into the user local bin so we can use all the convenience when working with our python projects:

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O /tmp/get-pip.py
sudo python3 /tmp/get-pip.py
pip3 install --user pipenv
echo "PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

Sources: Installing Python 3 on Linux; pip installation; Installing pipenv; How to permanently set PATH on Linux

Update 9 Nov 2017: replaced curl with wget, thanks Peter

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Just a side note: If you don't dare to install `curl` simply use `wget`, which is installed on Ubuntu 17.10 Artful by default:

```
# Note the capital "-O" option
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O /tmp/get-pip.py
```

Note that you need to re-login after the changes to `~/.profile`. Sourcing the file is optional. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#Session-wide_environment_variables

_Thanks for this boiled-down installation summary!_

Peter, Nov 08 2017 on cloudseer.me

Thanks Peter for your comment, I've updated the post with your wget recommendation to simplify things further!

Sourcing ~/.profile ensures that pipenv can be executed from the current shell rather than having to start a new one.

Sander, Nov 09 2017 on cloudseer.me

Some people are having issues with your installation steps on Ubuntu 17.10.

Specifically the command "pip install --user pipenv" references the python2.7 binaries and it will fail if python-pip has not been installed.

The correct command for python3 pip installation should be pip3; not pip.

Nathan, Jan 06 2018 on cloudseer.me