> It's never been clear to me what the difference between pip and pip3 is. I thought pip3 was for python3 packages, but it seems like pip can also be used for p

> It's never been clear to me what the difference between pip and pip3 is. I thought pip3 was for python3 packages, but it seems like pip can also be used for python3 as well. But then sometimes it seems like if I use pip I only get the python2 version. It's pretty simple; pip3 will always be for python3, pip2 will always be for python2. pip is context dependent, for example if you are in a python2 venv, it will use py2, and vice versa. > With npm or go get, if I install a package I know exactly where it got installed a how to mnaually remove if needed. If I install something with pip, the newly installed package goes into some mysterious directory whose location is never quite certain. If you pip install a library, it will almost definitely be installed in pythondir/lib/site-packages, unless you have messed around with your installation