"E: Unable to locate package python3-pip"

python python-3.x apt
Jagdip Singh Sandhu picture Jagdip Singh Sandhu · Sep 18, 2018 · Viewed 52.7k times · Source

I am unable to locate package python-pip:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python3-pip

How can I resolve this problem?

Answer

Jagdip Singh Sandhu picture Jagdip Singh Sandhu · Sep 18, 2018

For Ubuntu 18.04 with python 3.6.5 the python-pip package will install after :

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get update

Which is enabling the category universe 

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main universe 
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main universe

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