Support for Python3 (pip3)

[kenorb]

Is it possible to install packages for Python 3?

I've tried:

      - uses: BSFishy/pip-action@v1
        with:
          packages: |
            html.parser

but by default it's using Python 2.

[cfc603]

Did you try using uses: actions/setup-python@v2 instead of uses: actions/setup-python@v1 listed in README.md? See https://github.com/actions/setup-python for more details.

[BSFishy]

As @cfc603 said, make sure you install Python 3 using the correct action. This action first checks if an environment variable named pythonLocation exists (which I believe should be set by the setup-python action), and if that doesn't exist, it will check if python is in the path. I think by default the actions runner has Python installed, which may be the issue if you're not setting it up explicitly.

[maguro]

IIUC, pythonLocation sets the path, not the binary. On Ubuntu, there is no python binary without a version suffix. We use self-hosted Ubuntu servers.