Repair Install of 64 bit python

[Terry Reedy]

On 4/16/2021 10:15 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 16Apr2021 13:13, Dan Ciprus (dciprus) <dciprus at cisco.com> wrote:
>> Isn't the recommended python3 way of pip-ing stuff:
>>
>> python3 -m pip install ...
>>
>> .. just curious.
> 
> If there's only one Python 3 installed then "pip3 install ..." _ought_
> to be equivalent. However, in the face of virtualenvs etc there may
> often be several pip3s.
> 
> Using "python3 -m pip install ..." ensures that you are using the pip
> which is associated with "python3" (which you can adjust to be whichever
> python3 you intend). This is why the "-m pip" form is recommended: it
> definitely installs in the Python you'd be running.

It requires that pip itself be installed for pythonx, which can be 
ensured with "pythonx -m ensurepip".


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Terry Jan Reedy