Pip Upgrade OSError: [Errno:13] Permission Denied

I need to upgrade pip on my Ubuntu system but I am getting error: Collecting pip Using cached pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl Installing collected packages: pip Found existing i

Solution 1:

Since you want to upgrade your system-wide Python, you need to run this command with administrator privilege:

sudo pip install -U pip

But, I recommend you not changing/polluting your system-wide Python. Instead use a virtualenv:

virtualenv myapp
source myapp/bin/activate
pip install -U pip  # <- only if virtualenv is not up to date