I was going crazy about the same issue. The reason why yum couldn't find python-pip was that it is not called python-pip anymore. Starting with EPEL Version 7 it is renamed to identify the python version. On my centOS machine i can find now the following python*-pip packages.

[root@asdasdasdasdsa ~]# yum info python*-pip
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: ftp.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
 * epel: mirrors.mit.edu
 * extras: mirror.23media.de
 * updates: ftp.plusline.de
Available Packages
Name        : python2-pip
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 8.1.2
Release     : 5.el7
Size        : 1.7 M
Repo        : epel/x86_64
Summary     : A tool for installing and managing Python 2 packages
URL         : http://www.pip-installer.org
License     : MIT
Description : Pip is a replacement for `easy_install
            : <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall>`_.  It uses mostly the
            : same techniques for finding packages, so packages that were made
            : easy_installable should be pip-installable as well.

Name        : python34-pip
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 8.1.2
Release     : 5.el7
Size        : 1.7 M
Repo        : epel/x86_64
Summary     : A tool for installing and managing Python3 packages
URL         : http://www.pip-installer.org
License     : MIT
Description : Pip is a replacement for `easy_install
            : <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall>`_.  It uses mostly the
            : same techniques for finding packages, so packages that were made
            : easy_installable should be pip-installable as well.

Please try this

Copysudo apt-get install python3-pip

You can always review a Yum mirror via your web browser to determine if it is a Yum problem, or if the package is missing from the mirror. In this case, it looks like the package is missing. Nothing is wrong with Yum. Your other systems may have cached repository data, or might be connecting to a different mirror with an outdated package list.

The next step would be to check the mailing lists and BugZilla to see if there has been any discussion.

I am actually not sure which mailing list would be correct here;

• epel-devel
• epel-announce
• epel-package-announce

I was able to find a conversation on BugZilla that might be related: pip install is broken (path/permissions) Maybe the package was pulled due to this. It doesn't seem like a serious issue..

If you cannot wait for this to be resolved, you might be able to find an older, unaffected version in Koji, the build system. (Check what version is installed and working on other systems.)

Lastly, it seems the SRPM is still available. You could grab it and rebuild it yourself to see if it will meet your needs. Though, if it was pulled, maybe there is good reason.

I ran into this problem trying to install pip for python2; e.i. I wanted pip2. What worked for me was this:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python-pip

Hope this helps someone.

To get the Python 2 version of pip back, you can use get-pip, which is a single script that downloads and installs the latest version of pip (for Python 2 or 3, whichever version you run the script with):

$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/get-pip/master/get-pip.py
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 1824k  100 1824k    0     0  2211k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2211k

$ python get-pip.py 
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop support for Python 2.7 in January 2021. More details about Python 2 support in pip, can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting pip
  Using cached pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.5 MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
  Attempting uninstall: pip
    Found existing installation: pip 20.1
    Uninstalling pip-20.1:
      Successfully uninstalled pip-20.1
  WARNING: The scripts pip, pip2 and pip2.7 are installed in '~/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.
  Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
Successfully installed pip-20.1

Then add ~/.local/bin/ to your PATH (e.g. in your ~/.bashrc):

PATH=$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH

After that you should have a working pip command for Python 2. Or use pip2 / pip2.7 if you want to make sure you're not targeting Python 3.

Use pip3 instead of pip

I will assume you are using the Python3 version so you can install pip3 with

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

then you can install whatever you wanted starting with;

pip3 install

All the best :)

alternate solution:

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && python3 get-pip.py

I tried this and it worked for me:

# Download current package information.
sudo apt-get update.

# Install a new package.
sudo apt-get install python3-pip

# Test the package install.
pip -V