How to override the pip command to Python3.x instead of Python2.7?

Question

I am using OSX and I have pip installed for both Python3.5 and Python2.7. I know I can run the command pip2 to use Python2 and when I use the command pip3 Python3.x will be used. The problem is that the default of pip is set to Python2.7 and I want it to be Python3.x.

How can I change that?

edit: No, I am not running a virtual environment yet. If it was a virtual environment I could just run Python3.x and forget all about Python2.7, unfortunately since OSX requires Python2.7 for it's use I can't do that. Hence why I'm asking this.

Thanks for the answer. I however don't want to change what running python does. Instead I would like to change the path that running pip takes. At the moment pip -V shows me pip 8.1.2 from /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (python 2.7), but I am looking for pip 8.1.2 from /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages (python 3.5) I am sure there has to be a way to do this. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Run this:

pip3 install --upgrade --force pip 

or even more explicit:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force pip 

This will install pip for Python 3 and make Python 3 version of pip default.

Validate with:

pip -V