diff --git a/install_mp.bash b/install_mp.bash
index c59242528d2d0c96e1b10049168c44acc6941883..e5061e3d2c7a9a836a27335fc54d832b187ddb20 100755
--- a/install_mp.bash
+++ b/install_mp.bash
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ ubuntu)
   sudo apt install libc6-dev-i386
   sudo apt install csh
   sudo apt install git
+  sudo apt install python3-pip
   pip3 install --upgrade pip
   pip3 install PySide6
   pip3 install pyspellchecker