Tag: pip2

python pip broken on ubuntu: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/bin/pip2 because link group pip is broken

I got the same error. I did this and it worked!

sudo apt-get install --reinstall python2.7

This to reinstall python. Don’t ever try to uninstall python ,it will crash your OS as part of Ubuntu is dependent on python.Then,

sudo apt-get purge python-pip

This is to remove pip.

 wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

Installs pip..`

sudo python get-pip.py

Then,you can install packages using pip like

sudo pip install package-name