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How to install pip for Python 3.9 on Ubuntu 20.04

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Gilson
1 month ago
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Ubuntu 20.04 comes with Python 3.8. **I cannot uninstall Python 3.8** but I need Python 3.9 I went ahead and installed Python 3.9 from: > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa > sudo apt install python3.9 How do I install pip for python 3.9? Installing pip using `sudo apt-get install python3-pip` does not work for me as it installs pip for python 3.8 Installing pip using `python3.9 get-pip.py` gives an error: ~/python_tools$ python3.9 get-pip.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ubuntu/python_tools/get-pip.py", line 23704, in <module> main() File "/home/ubuntu/python_tools/get-pip.py", line 198, in main bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir) File "/home/ubuntu/python_tools/get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap from pip._internal.cli.main import main as pip_entry_point File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module File "/tmp/tmpkwyc8h7j/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 10, in <module> File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module File "/tmp/tmpkwyc8h7j/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 9, in <module> File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module File "/tmp/tmpkwyc8h7j/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 7, in <module> File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module File "/tmp/tmpkwyc8h7j/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py", line 18, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.util'

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