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authorNicholas <nick.kobald@gmail.com>2017-07-21 03:51:54 (GMT)
committerNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2017-07-21 03:51:54 (GMT)
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bpo-30964: Mention ensurepip in package installation docs (GH-2786)
Adds a new 'Pip not installed' section that covers running `ensurepip` manually, and also references the relevant section of the Python Packaging User Guide.
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@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ On such systems, it is often better to use a virtual environment or a
per-user installation when installing packages with ``pip``.
+Pip not installed
+-----------------
+
+It is possible that ``pip`` does not get installed by default. One potential fix is::
+
+ python -m ensurepip --default-pip
+
+There are also additional resources for `installing pip.
+<https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#install-pip-setuptools-and-wheel>`__
+
+
Installing binary extensions
----------------------------