使用正确的python版本安装pip

Question

I am on shared hosting and I need to install pip with the correct python version, 2.7. To install pip, I did:

$ easy_install pip

However, after it was installed I get the following:

[dave@web1 lib]$ pip --version
pip 1.0.2 from /home/premiere/dave/financials/lib/pip-1.0.2-py2.7.egg (python 2.4)

How would I re-install pip to work on the python2.7 version, which is also installed on the machine?

[premiered@web1 ~]$ python --version
Python 2.6.6

Which is strange, since it is installing to python2.4.

Answer 1

You may want to create a virtualenv using -p /path/to/python-2.7.binary param, and then activate it. Then all stuff you installed using pip would be correctly into your virtualenv.

Answer 2

If multiple versions of python are installed on the system, then you should invoke the version you want when installing. ie

$ python27 easy_install pip

This creates a pip file in your path that contains the specified version of python in the hashBang line.