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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290847 Title: pyvenv fails due to mising ensurepip module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-defaults/+bug/1290847/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs