Without administrator privledges, it may not be possible to install the Python package manager, pip, using the default method:
python get-pip.py
In this case, pip can be installed in the user’s home folder using:
python get-pip.py --user
This installs pip in the site.USER_BASE/bin directory. But where is this? To find out, open python, import the site module, and extract the USER_BASE variable:
python >>> import site >>> print(site.USER_BASE) /Users/jgalazka/Library/Python/2.7
Thus, in this case, pip is installed in /Users/jgalazka/Library/Python/2.7/bin. Add this directory to your path and test your install:
pip --help
When you use pip, remember to include the —user option:
pip install --user
Credit to Ramesh Nethi:
https://forcecarrier.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/installing-pip-virutalenv-in-sudo-free-way/
Credit to Richard Michael:
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/3027
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