"E: Unable to locate package python-pip" on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to install virtualenv on Ubuntu.

First it said command 'pip' not found, so I typed

sudo apt install python-pip 

then it said

E: Unable to locate package python-pip 

I tried to reset WSL, download using cmd but it doesn't work with Ubuntu. I don't know why. Even though I have downloaded python3, virtualenv, and pip using cmd. It doesn't work with Ubuntu 18.04. It also fails on Ubuntu 14.04.

aiki@LAPTOP-886AEJJG:~$ pip  Command 'pip' not found, but can be installed with:  sudo apt install python-pip  aiki@LAPTOP-886AEJJG:~$ sudo apt install python-pip [sudo] password for aiki: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package python-pip 

I'm trying to install jarvis and mycroft on win 10, but I need to use Ubuntu because it only works with Linux.

Answer 1

ls /bin/python* 

Identify the highest version of python listed. If the highest version is something like python2.7 then install python2-pip If its something like python3.8 then install python3-pip

Example for python3.8:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip 

Answer 2

Try following command sequence on Ubuntu terminal:

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