Ok, I see. Python3-pip [1] depends on python3, which is pointing at the default python3 version. In Ubuntu at the moment, this is 3.6. Presumably at some point in the future the default will be changed to 3.7, and then any packages using python3 will install that instead.
I am not sure if this will retroactively happen for older Ubuntu releases. [1] https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python3-pip ** Package changed: python3.7 (Ubuntu) => python3-defaults (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: python3-defaults (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New ** Changed in: python-pip (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- 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/1800723 Title: Missing package python3.7-pip Status in python-pip package in Ubuntu: New Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There appears to be no way to get "pip" or "python3.7 -m pip" to work after installing python3.7 using "apt install python3.7". I expected to be able to install a "python3.7-pip" package similar to the other "python3.7-*" packages but I couldn't find one. This problem appears in a clean install of 18.04 as well as 18.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1800723/+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