Broken packages for installing python3-pip in Ubuntu16.04 [duplicate] - python-3.x

Question

This is the command I used to install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-pip
I get the following error
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python-pip : Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6c1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: python-dev-all (>= 2.6) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I already installed the latest version of python-dev
When i try to install python-setuptools using
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools I get the below error
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python-setuptools : Depends: python-pkg-resources (= 3.3-1ubuntu1) but 3.3-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Explain me how to resolve the error and guide me the steps to get python-pip installed.

Answer 1

got the same error when I install python-pip, the following command solved my problem.
sudo apt-get install python-pkg-resources=3.3-1ubuntu1
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

Answer 2

download pip from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
Then run the following (which may require administrator access):
python get-pip.py
This should get you going.
If you get stuck again, read here: http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installing/

Answer 3

In addition to the solution that #seems recommended, I had to run this.
apt-get update
(OR)
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential
sudo easy_install pip

Answer 4

i have the same issue, and eventually i gave up by using:
sudo apt-get install python-pip
after tryings something like:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential
but with no luck.
So all i did then was to:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
peace of mind.....

Answer 5

I think you should try:
sudo apt-get install python-pkg-resources=3.3-1ubuntu1
And then:
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential
It will definitely solve your issue.

Answer 6

Jut run this command :
sudo apt-get update
than install python tools :
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install build-essential
All the packages will get installed or some of them may say its already latest version, Thats fine