You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 21.2.3 is available. You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command

Question

I am trying to get started with python on VS Code but I keep getting this error when I want to install the matplotlib library.

Answer 1

Consider using the --user option or check the permissions.

pip install -U --upgrade pip

Answer 2

I tried a lot of different ones but the one below worked for me

pip3 install --upgrade pip --user