Installing pip on macOS does not work (anymore)

Question

I followed online instructions on how to install pip on macOS (for example this, this, and this).

I all seems to simple, but it's not working for me.

My python --version is 2.7.10.

When I run sudo easy_install pip I get:

$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:
Searching for pip
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Couldn't find index page for 'pip' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
No local packages or download links found for pip
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('pip')

Any idea how I can fix or work around this?

Answer 1

You might have pip3 instead. Use it to upgrade pip.

pip3 install --upgrade pip