My question is similar to another that was asked about Python3 so perhaps the answer is the same one - if so, I´d appreciate it if somebody can clarify this and go the step further of answering the additional questions posted here since there is, really, not a good answer there as to WHY it happens and HOW to avoid it without unintended consequences. Perhaps with 2.7 there is a better one?
I don´t understand the following sequence where a virtual environment in my MAC OS ends up with a version of PIP that´s older than the version it created it:
dhcp--41:VO$ virtualenv -p
/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/bin/python env
Running virtualenv with interpreter
/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/bin/python
New python executable in /Users/jbs/PycharmProjects/VOSW- VWN/env/bin/python2.7
Also creating executable in /Users/jbs/PycharmProjects/VOSW-VWN/env/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
We´ve made sure the interpreter is 2.7.15
dhcp--41:VO$ source env/bin/activate
(env) dhcp--41:VO jbs$ python
Python 2.7.15 (default, May 1 2018, 16:44:14)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> exit()
This is just a check that the interpreter is 2.7.15 and now we generate the requirements output which is small as expected but which gives this warning (which is what I DON´T understand):
(env) dhcp--41:VO$ pip freeze
wheel==0.26.0
You are using pip version 8.0.2, however version 10.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
We´ll now leave the environment and do freeze outside it:
(env) dhcp--41:VO$ deactivate
dhcp--41:VO$ pip freeze
absl-py==0.2.0
No suggestion for upgrade is given here despite the fact that we have the SAME version of python (if I understand correctly) as we check next:
dhcp-18--41:VO$ python
Python 2.7.15 (default, May 1 2018, 16:44:14)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
Why did it install a different version of pip? Or perhaps, why does it default to a different version inside the virtual environment? It seems very odd to me. How can I make sure this does not happen every time I create a new virtual environment? Any input would be most helpful!
解决方案
Your pip outside virtual environment is /usr/local/bin/pip which most probably means it uses /usr/local/bin/python or /usr/bin/python. But you've created the virtual environment using a different python — /usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/bin/python. You can check its pip version with
/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/bin/pip --version
or
/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/bin/python -m pip --version
To upgrade that pip you need to run
/usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15/bin/python -m pip install -U pip
And to upgrade pip inside the virtual env
python -m pip install -U pip
after activating the virtual env.