Hi everyone!

Today's topic is on Python2's pip. By default, Python2 does not have pip automatically installed. I know some of you might be thinking won't it be better to use pip3 which is for Python3? Well, pip for Python2 is still important especially for penetration testers or security researchers as some of the old exploits are written in Python2. As such, you have to install some libraries before using them. Let's get started!

1. Obtaining pip installation script

The pip installation script for Python2, get-pip.py, is available in the Python Packaging Authority. You can easily download it using the following command:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py

2. Installing pip

Once you obtain the script, you can install pip for Python2 using the following command.

sudo python2 get-pip.py

3. Obtaining egg-info

This step is usually missed out on other blogs after providing steps to install pip for Python2. As such when you use pip for Python2, the terminal will complain of missing egg-info. The following command and solve that issue.

pip2 install --upgrade setuptools

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