# Installing pip on an Ubuntu Linux Machine

If you have just installed a new Ubuntu 20.04 Operating System on your machine, you should find it having Python3 pre-installed. Now, to start installing and using external packages in your Python projects, you would need **pip** installed on your machine as well.

One of the easiest ways to install pip is to install the package **python3-pip** via the **apt** repositories with the command:
```bash
sudo apt install python3-pip
```
or using `apt-get` with the command:
```bash
sudo apt-get python3-pip
```
This will install `pip` for all users in the `/usr/bin/` path.

However, sometimes users may not have `root` (or `sudo`) privileges and can not simply run:
```
sudo apt-get install python-pip
```
In such a situation, users can still install and use pip without root (or sudo) access in a local directory by following the below steps:
- First, download pip from an online repository using `wget`:
```bash
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
```
- Install the downloaded package into a local directory:
```bash
python3 get-pip.py --user
```bash
This will install `pip` on your local directory in your home (`~/.local/bin`).
- Now you may navigate to this directory:
```bash
cd ~/.local/bin
```
- You can start using the command `pip` now to start downloading Python packages. But the ideal thing is to add this path of pip to your `$PATH` variable to run pip from anywhere by running:
```bash
PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin
```
- Finally, apply the changes and relaunch `.bashrc`:
```bash
source ~/.bashrc
```

Now, you can install Python packages using pip using `pip install <package_name>` and they will be installed in the `~/.local/` directory and will only be available to the _current_ user.