How to change pip3 command to be pip?

Question

I uninstalled pip, and I installed pip3 instead. Now, I want to use pip3 by typing pip only. The reason is I am used to type pip only and every guide uses the pip command, so every time I want to copy and paste commands, I have to modify pip to pip3 which wastes time. When I type pip I have an error which is pip: command not found which means pip command is not taken. Is it possible to make pip points to pip3?

Answer 1

you can either add alias to your ~/.bashrc

alias pip=pip3 

or add to your $PATH symlink named pip pointing to pip3 binary

(btw, this even though concerning pip isn't really python related question, so you should retag it)

Update: July 2020

If there is no ~/.bashrc in your home directory on macOS, inputting

alias pip=pip3 

in your ~/.zprofile file has the same effect,

Answer 2

Rather than manually creating your own alias in bash and hoping this doesn't conflict with anything, most package managers should allow you to register the version you wish to use whilst maintaining dependencies.

For instance on Linux:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pip pip /usr/bin/pip3 1 

Or on Mac (MacPorts):

port select --set pip pip3