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Mac OS: when I try to run anything involving pip, I get

-bash: pip: command not found

This happened after I accidentally deleted the pip Unix file in usr/local/bin while trying to solve a different problem with pip. At this point, I've pretty much given up on solving the problem manually.

Is there a way to just completely uninstall python and pip and start all over again?

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  • Did you originally install python and pip with brew? If so you should be able to uninstall and reinstall. Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 17:42
  • superuser.com/questions/324980/… This might be helpful Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 17:42
  • I already tried "brew reinstall" but it didn't bring the file back Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 17:48

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In recent python versions pip is as module rather than as individual script. Try:

python -m pip
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I get "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: No module named pip"
"In recent python versions pip is as module rather than as individual script." It always was both a package and a script to import function main from the package and call it.
@steinchen This is a very old python version. I checked on my system (apparently very simliar) and indeed it does not include pip. I would recommend to install a recent version of python, preferably 3.7. It does not interfer with the system python.
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solution was surprisingly simple: deleted everything python related from my computer:

  1. deleted Python App in Applications Folder
  2. deleted all python and pip related files in usr/local/bin
  3. deleted the Python.framework folder in Libraray/Frameworks
  4. searched for and deleted all folders named python

Then I reinstalled Python via the official python page. Pip seems to work now.

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