pip/pip3 ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Installing collected packages: pip

  Found existing installation: pip 19.2.3

    Uninstalling pip-19.2.3:

ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] 

Permission denied: 'RECORD' Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

While updating the pip/pip3 package installer, you may receive the above EnvironmentError with Errno 13, this will cause the update to fail.

AS you can see in the console error logs, all you need to do is add --user at the end of the command that you are executing. This will fix the issue.

code2care@mac Desktop % pip3 install --upgrade pip --user

Collecting pip
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/47/ca/f0d790b6e18b3a6f3bd5e80c2ee4edbb5807286c21cdd0862ca933f751dd/pip-21.1.3-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pip
Successfully installed pip-21.1.3