python -m pip install and pip install

[Pankaj Jangid]

Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> writes:

> On 10/10/19 1:21 AM, Pankaj Jangid wrote:
>> So the scripts will just work fine if you simply use ~import pip~
>> and work with it.
>> 
>> Suppose you were writing bash scripts around python programs. Then
>> what will be the behaviour of,
>> 
>> pip2 install mod
>> 
>> under a python3 environment.
>
> If Python 2 wasn't installed, pip2 wouldn't be found at all. If Python 2
> was available, it would happily install mod under the default/current
> Python 2 environment.
>

I am talking about environments where both python2 and python3
installed.

>> Similarly, there may be other commands specific to python2 and
>> python3. All of them work flawlessly if you just replace python2 with
>> python3.
>
> Not sure what you're getting at there.

I am just trying to think about scenarios where one approach is better
than other. Nothing more.

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Pankaj Jangid