How do I upgrade pip on python 2.7?

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I'm a complete newbie, giving my first baby steps into programming and automation testing. I have Python 2.7.12 installed and pip version 8.1.1 with it. I want to update pip but all the commands provided by many users (while I was searching about this subject) don't work, like for example:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip (doesn't recognize pip)

or

pip -V

python window - nameerror

Sure I'm making a terrible newbie mistake... Can you help me please? Thanks in advance.

It seems you are using Windows. did you try the method suggested on ['pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23708898/pip-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command) — Shagun Sodhani, Jan 26 '17 at 13:23
That answer is Python3, though. which as a new Python developer, you should use anyway. But you've ran that command from the Python interpreter, not your OS command line — OneCricketeer, Jan 26 '17 at 13:24
Possible duplicate of [Why does "pip install" inside Python raise a SyntaxError?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8548030/why-does-pip-install-inside-python-raise-a-syntaxerror) — OneCricketeer, Jan 26 '17 at 13:26
@cricket_007 you could set the path for Python2 as well in the same manner. — Shagun Sodhani, Jan 26 '17 at 13:26
@Shagun Sodhani Thank you, that was it, after setting the correct path I was able to use the command "python -m pip install --upgrade pip" and it did successfully upgrade pip! Thank you all very much! :) — madjo, Jan 26 '17 at 15:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '19 at 20:06

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Try Using :-

py -m pip install --upgrade pip

because on certain versions of windows/python, python is not recognized as an valid command.

answered May 13 '19 at 20:06

Vasu Deo.S

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 15 '21 at 09:36

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Make sure that you have the correct path in your windows command line like (in my case):

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\iyv\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\iyv\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\Lib\site-packages\pip

Otherwise you could try installing an interpreter like PyCharm, and doing the update through their platform.

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answered Jan 26 '17 at 13:33

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Quincy · Answer 3 · 2021-04-21T01:02:38.837

Python does not maintain version 2.7 now; it prompts：

DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop support for Python 2.7 in January 2021. More details about Python 2 support in pip can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support pip 21.0 will remove support for this functionality.

To solve this problem, use

easy_install pip==20.3.4

(python version used: 2.7.13)

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How do I upgrade pip on python 2.7?

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