sudo apt-get install python-pip is failing

Question

sudo apt-get install python-pip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python-pip

how to install python-pip in ubuntu:14.04?

Answer 1

python-pip is in the universe repositories, therefore use the steps below:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-pip

Answer 2

I ran into this problem trying to install pip for python2; e.i. I wanted pip2. What worked for me was this:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python-pip

Hope this helps someone.