Ubuntu Command 'pip' not found, but there are 18 similar ones
Short answer: Try running python3 -m pip install -e .
Some explanations:
The different versions of Python are not surprising. WSL is, effectively, an ultra-lightweight virtual machine. Your Windows python installation is entirely independent of the WSL python installation.
Python has two widely used major versions, Python 2 and Python 3. The command python runs some minor version of Python 2, while the command python3 runs some minor version of Python 3. Below is my console output.
lawruble@Balrog:~/scratch$ python --version
Python 2.7.18
lawruble@Balrog:~/scratch$ python3 --version
Python 3.8.5
Pip is the python installation manager, and has the same major versions as Python. The command pip runs the Python 2 version of pip, while pip3 runs the Python 3 version of pip.
It's better practice to use python3 -m pip over pip3, it helps ensure that you're using the version of pip associated with the version of python you expect to run.
Trying doing these first/again
- Updating package info
sudo apt-get update
- Downloading all upgrades
sudo apt-get upgrade
- Reinstalling pip
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Clearly the issue's with terminal, i.e. not recognizing the command so maybe pip isn't installed properly, but with what you've shown so far I don't think this issue should arise. Anyways give it a try.
Also
What are you trying to install? pip is for python packages right.