[Solved] EnvironmentError while upgrading pip command for Python

Question

I am trying to upgrade pip on my ubuntu machine, but it gives the following error message:

ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip-21.3.1.dist-info'

Answer 1

From the error message, it is obvious that you do not have permission to update "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip-21.3.1.dist-info" file. However, you can upgrade pip for your userid by running the following command on the terminal.

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip --user