I am trying to install electrum on my Ubuntu live USB. Please forgive me because I am very new to this OS. I have also made a persistence 4GB space for installing software.
How can I get past this error? I tried using
sudo apt-get update
first, but I still get
E: Unable to locate package python-pip
when I try to install.
Two Methods:
You can install through Ubuntu Software Center.
Open Ubuntu Software Center and search for easy_install
Highlight alternative Python package installer (python-pip) from the
list and click Install
You can check weather the installation was successful or not by
giving the command
which pip
you will see the path of installed application, for example
/usr/local/bin/pip
Second method
Open terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T and type the following:
cd ~
to navigate to your home directory.
Then issue the below command:
wget -P Downloads/ https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/oodt/tools/oodtsite.publisher/trunk/distribute_setup.py
Next step is to run the downloaded script. To do this, issue this
command:
sudo python Downloads/distribute_setup.py
and type your user password when prompted (Please, note that your
account needs to be a member of Administrators group in order to
issue sudo).
Hit Enter and let the script run.
To ensure easy_install is installed, issue the command below:
which easy_install
The typical response in case the installation completed successfully
would look something like this:
/usr/local/bin/easy_install
The next thing to do is use easy_install to install pip. For that
you’ll need to issue:
sudo easy_install pip
Enter your password if prompted to confirm command.
Let the installer run and once the installation is completed type:
which pip
This command should typically respond with something like this:
/usr/local/bin/pip
