How to install boto3 on Ubuntu 18.04?

Question

How do you install boto3 on Ubuntu 18.04?

I tried this:

# pip install boto3

Command 'pip' not found, but can be installed with:

apt install python-pip

# apt install python-pip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python-pip
#

Answer 1

Partial answer found at https://askubuntu.com/questions/672808/sudo-apt-get-install-python-pip-is-failing

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Do not run pip install --upgrade pip, otherwise the following steps are also needed:

from https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5240

vi /usr/bin/pip3

change the broken from pip import main import to

from pip._internal import main

and then finally

pip3 install boto3