How to install pip on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Red Hat Software Collections

Issue

Is the pip available in RHSCL for RHEL6 and RHEL7?

Resolution

WARNING: Using pip as root user can OVERWRITE your system python libraries, use a virtualenv as a normal user whenever possible to avoid issues when packages are upgraded using Red Hat provided RPM's.

RHEL 6

RHEL 7

Note

• packages from the epel repository are not supported by Red hat.
• applications or software installed via pip are not from Red Hat and do not fall under the scope of support

• Here are some example steps for using pip from RHSCL on RHEL7:

  1. Install the pip from SCL as root

      # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
      # yum install python27-python-pip
     

  2. Switch to a normal user and check the pip

      $ scl enable python27 bash
      $ which pip
      $ pip -V
     

Note: When you close the current bash you will need to run the scl enable command again as the change is not persistent, more info about that can be found here

Diagnostic Steps

Verify the following commands:

$  rpm -qf /bin/scl
scl-utils-20130529-18.el7_4.x86_64

$ scl -l
python27

$ scl enable python27 bash

$which pip
/opt/rh/python27/root/usr/bin/pip

$ pip -V
pip 8.1.2 from /opt/rh/python27/root/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)

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