Installing PIP without root access

Question

How do I install pip without root access?

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Specifically:

I cannot sudo. When I do, I get sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?

I ran get-pip.py and got the following error: OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pip-9.0.1.dist-info'

I am trying to do this on a basic Bluehost hosting plan. I have SSH access but no root.

The server is running Red Hat 4.4.7-17

Answer 1

Use the --user flag to install pip for just the current user.

However, https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#id10 states:

At this time, --user installs for pip itself, should not be considered to be fully tested or endorsed.

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Specifically:

Didn't work for me. If you don't have sudo, installing pip seems to be impossible.