How to make sure pip installs packages to python 3?

Question

I am seeing some weird stuff on my system:

$ pip install python-binance-api
...Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from python-binance-api) (3.13.2)
...

python versions:

$ python --version
Python 2.7.14
 10:05 PM   ~/kittycapital   add_more_curr
$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.4

My pip is still installing to python 2.7 when I want it to install on python3. How do I get it to do this?

If I want the commands pip and python to point to python 3.7, what can I do?

It's 2018, and there's still no one accepted answer to this question. Seems to change every year. Here are some ways: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11268501/how-to-use-pip-with-python-3-x-alongside-python-2-x — sudo, Jun 03 '18 at 02:21
If I want the commands `pip` and `python` to point to python 3.7, what can I do? — Jwan622, Jun 03 '18 at 02:41
Is there anyway to change `pip` to mean `pip3` on my system without using something like bash aliases? — Jwan622, Jun 03 '18 at 03:04
IMHO the best way to solve this problem is to use virtualenvs people! — xrisk, Jun 03 '18 at 03:11
`sudo mv /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip` if you're the rebellious type — Erich, Jun 03 '18 at 10:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '18 at 06:06

Solution 1

python3 -m pip install xxx
# for example: python3.7 -m pip install requests

Solution 2

virtualenv --python=python3.7 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install requests

Solution 3

pipenv --python 3.7   # python3 -m pip install pipenv --user
pipenv shell
pipenv install requests

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