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How to install and use pip without sudo or admin on macOS

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Install PIP to user site on macOS.md

Install and use pip on macOS without sudo / admin access

Most recently tested on macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Download the installation script; curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o ~/Downloads/get-pip.py
Run the installation, appending the --user flag; python ~/Downloads/get-pip.py --user. pip will be installed to ~/Library/Python/2.7/bin/pip
Make sure ~/Library/Python/2.7/bin is in your $PATH. For bash users, edit the PATH= line in ~/.bashrc to append the local Python path; ie. PATH=$PATH:~/Library/Python/2.7/bin. Apply the changes, source ~/.bashrc.
Use pip! Remember to append --user when installing modules; ie. pip install <package_name> --user

Note

There is much discussion about making the user site the default for installation. See Issue 1668.

rogfrich commented Jan 24, 2020

I'm trying to figure out where pip installs packages on MacOS Mojave. If I pip install cookiecutter - not in a venv - where do the files go? I ask because wherever it is does not seem to be in my $PATH - I can't type cookiecutter <source> <target> which is supposed to work. I get a command not found error. I installed Cookiecutter for my base Python install (at least I think I did) rather than in a venv because I want to be able to use it to create new projects from scratch.