How to install pip (python) to user without root access

Question

I'm trying to install pip (python installer) to my username since I don't have root privileges and can't just sudo apt-get install python-pip.

So what I've done is just easy_install --user pip. That installs it to .local/bin apparently but then when I call it like so:

pip install --user astropy

It says that pip is not currently installed.

I have limited knowledge of linux and of the system I'm using (NX connection to a machine at my university). I know I should be able to do this!

Answer 1

I hope I'm right and the problem is with your PATH, try this

You can add this to your ~/.bashrc file:

PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin

If you don't know how, you can just execute this line in a Terminal:

echo "PATH=\$PATH:~/.local/bin" >> ~/.bashrc

You can also check what's in your PATH by typing in the Terminal

echo $PATH

Answer 2

This may be related. How to install python from source on a remote machine without root access.

Installing Python 3.6 (works with any version per say)

1. Get the official download link from python.org website(Example. https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.9/Python-3.6.9.tgz)

2. Download the python source release and get the folder readied for installation from source.

$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.9/Python-3.6.9.tgz
$ tar zxfv Python-3.6.9.tgz
$ find ~/inflated_location/Python-3.6.9/Python -type d | xargs chmod 0755
$ cd Python-3.6.9

3. Install from source

$ ./configure --prefix=~/inflated_location/Python-3.6.9/Python
$ make
$ make install

4. Export the path variable

$ nano ~/.bashrc
$ export PATH=~/inflated_folder/python/Python-3.6.9/:$PATH
$ source ~/.bashrc

Now you have python3.6 installed for logged in user and can be invoked now using command python

Installing py packages.

The easiest way that I have followed is

$ python -m pip install <package-name> --user

Reference: https://randomwalk.in/python/2019/10/27/Install-Python-copy.html