pip not installing entry_points as executables

Try:

pip install --install-option="--prefix=$PREFIX_PATH" package_name

e.g.

pip install --install-option="--prefix=/usr/local/bin" pyFooBar

Finally I got it to work. I had to remove the pip package that was installed by apt.

sudo apt remove python-pip

And then install pip again according to instructions on their website - https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/.

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

Looks like pip from Ubuntu's default repository is not same as one distributed by pypi.

Two options I can think of, first,check that pip is pointing in the right place. So try:

which python

mine says:

/usr/bin/python

yours will be different, change the path accordingly to then make sure the PATH is properly set, so:

export PATH=/usr/bin/python:${PATH}

Reinstall pip and try again. Failing that, a workaround might be to not use pip in this instance and try:

python setup.py install

which will use your default python path (not pip) and should install to:

/usr/local/bin