On Oct 16, 2015, at 03:17 PM, Harry P wrote: >I'm now testing Ubuntu 15.10, which seems *even more* broken, since it >seems to have a mixed mode of Python3.4 and 3.5. there's no >python3.4-pip package, which means there is essentially no way of >getting a working pip for python 3.4.
Tools like pip, which depend on a specific Python version are fundamentally flawed on *nix. There's healthy debate in many upstream forums about this issue. Basically, nobody likes distributing things like pip3.4 and pip3.5, etc. If you install python3-pip you will get a pip3 but even that isn't great. While having a command like `pip3` or `pip3.4` might seem like a useful convenience, really the best way to invoke pip for a specific Python version is to use `python3.4 -m pip` or `python3.5 -m pip`. This goes for a small handful of other packages like nose (with scripts like `nose2-3.4` being the worst offenders! better to use `pythonX.Y -m nose2`). We're looking at ways of making this better and more consistent across all Linux distributions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python3-defaults in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290847 Title: pyvenv fails due to mising ensurepip module Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python3.4 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python3.4 package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Hello, I noticed the following # fails python3.4 -m venv --clear python-venv Error: Command '['.../external/python-venv/bin/python3.4', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1 # works, but no pip python3.4 -m venv --clear --without-pip python-venv Thank you To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-defaults/+bug/1290847/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp