Why am I getting ImportError: No module named pip ' right after installing pip?
Question:
I have installed pip and ez setup. I also checked the system path and I can see the module in the folder structure. Still when i try to run pip command, I get an Import error saying no module named pip. I am running 32bit python on a windows7 machine
Answers:
try to type pip3 instead pip.
also for upgrading pip dont use pip3 in the command
python -m pip install -U pip
maybe it helps
Just be sure that you have include python to windows PATH variable, then run python -m ensurepip
The ensurepip
module was added in version 3.4 and then backported to 2.7.9.
So make sure your Python version is at least 2.7.9 if using Python 2, and at least 3.4 if using Python 3.
I’ve solved this error downloading the executable file for python 3.7.
I’ve had downloaded the embeddeable version and got that error.
Now it works! 😀
turned out i had 2 versions of python on my laptop
both commands worked for me
python -m ensurepip
py -m ensurepip
both with another installation path
c:toolspythonlibsite-packages
c:program files (x86)microsoft visual studiosharedpython36_64libsite-packages
only the first path was in my %PATH% variable
Follow steps given in https://michlstechblog.info/blog/python-install-python-with-pip-on-windows-by-the-embeddable-zip-file/. Replace x
with version number of Python.
- Open the
pythonxx.__pth
file, located in your python folder.
- Edit the contents (e.g.
D:Pythonx.x.x
to the following):
D:Pythonx.x.x
D:Pythonx.x.xDLLs
D:Pythonx.x.xlib
D:Pythonx.x.xlibplat-win
D:Pythonx.x.xlibsite-packages
What solved the issue on my case was go to:
cd C:Program FilesPython37Scripts
And run below command:
easy_install.exe pip
I’v solved this error by setting the correct path variables
C:UsersnameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython37Scripts
C:UsersnameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython37Libsite-packages
I was facing same issue and resolved using following steps
1) Go to your paython package and rename “python37._pth” to python37._pth.save
2) curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
3) then run python get-pip.py
4) pip install django
Hope this help
After running get_pip.py
with python embed you have to modify your pythonXX._pth
file. Add Libsite-packages
, to get something like this:
pythonXX.zip
.
Libsite-packages
# Uncomment to run site.main() automatically
#import site
If you don’t you will get this error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pip’
or
python-3.8.2-embed-amd64python.exe: No module named pip
λ pip
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
File "runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
File "python-3.8.2-embed-amd64Scriptspip.exe__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'
λ python -m pip
python-3.8.2-embed-amd64python.exe: No module named pip
Running these 2 commands helped me:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
If you wrote
pip install --upgrade pip
and you got
Installing collected packages: pip
Attempting uninstall: pip
Found existing installation: pip 20.2.1
Uninstalling pip-20.2.1:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError...
then you have uninstalled pip instead install pip.
This could be the reason of your problem.
The Gorodeckij Dimitrij’s answer works for me.
python -m ensurepip
This issue occurs with me while I was trying to upgrade pip version.
It was resolved with the following commands:
python -m ensurepip
The above command restores the pip and below mentioned upgrades it.
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
The method I’m going to tell might not be the correct way to do it. But this method solved my issue. I tried every solution on youtube and StackOverflow methods.
-
If you have two python versions installed. Delete one. I have the python 3.8.1 and 3.9.0 versions installed. I deleted version 3.9.0 from the C directory.
-
Now go to the control panel > System and security > System > Advanced system settings.
Click on ‘environment variables’.
Select the path and click on ‘edit’
Now, add the path of the python and also the path of pip module. In my case it was c:python38 and c:python38scripts
This method solved my issue.
I found this post while looking for a solution for the same problem. I was using an embedded python distribution. In this case, the solution is to uncomment import site
in the file python<version>._pth
.
First make sure that python
is added in environment variable.
Try checking the version of pip
or pip3
. Use these commands to check.
For pip
:
pip --version
For pip3
:
pip3 --version
If you can see any version of pip and still not able to use it, then run the following command.
python -m ensurepip
This ensures the pip
in your system.
I have installed pip and ez setup. I also checked the system path and I can see the module in the folder structure. Still when i try to run pip command, I get an Import error saying no module named pip. I am running 32bit python on a windows7 machine
try to type pip3 instead pip.
also for upgrading pip dont use pip3 in the command
python -m pip install -U pip
maybe it helps
Just be sure that you have include python to windows PATH variable, then run python -m ensurepip
The ensurepip
module was added in version 3.4 and then backported to 2.7.9.
So make sure your Python version is at least 2.7.9 if using Python 2, and at least 3.4 if using Python 3.
I’ve solved this error downloading the executable file for python 3.7.
I’ve had downloaded the embeddeable version and got that error.
Now it works! 😀
turned out i had 2 versions of python on my laptop
both commands worked for me
python -m ensurepip
py -m ensurepip
both with another installation path
c:toolspythonlibsite-packages
c:program files (x86)microsoft visual studiosharedpython36_64libsite-packages
only the first path was in my %PATH% variable
Follow steps given in https://michlstechblog.info/blog/python-install-python-with-pip-on-windows-by-the-embeddable-zip-file/. Replace x
with version number of Python.
- Open the
pythonxx.__pth
file, located in your python folder. - Edit the contents (e.g.
D:Pythonx.x.x
to the following):
D:Pythonx.x.x
D:Pythonx.x.xDLLs
D:Pythonx.x.xlib
D:Pythonx.x.xlibplat-win
D:Pythonx.x.xlibsite-packages
What solved the issue on my case was go to:
cd C:Program FilesPython37Scripts
And run below command:
easy_install.exe pip
I’v solved this error by setting the correct path variables
C:UsersnameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython37Scripts
C:UsersnameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython37Libsite-packages
I was facing same issue and resolved using following steps
1) Go to your paython package and rename “python37._pth” to python37._pth.save
2) curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
3) then run python get-pip.py
4) pip install django
Hope this help
After running get_pip.py
with python embed you have to modify your pythonXX._pth
file. Add Libsite-packages
, to get something like this:
pythonXX.zip
.
Libsite-packages
# Uncomment to run site.main() automatically
#import site
If you don’t you will get this error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pip’
or
python-3.8.2-embed-amd64python.exe: No module named pip
λ pip
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
File "runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
File "python-3.8.2-embed-amd64Scriptspip.exe__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'
λ python -m pip
python-3.8.2-embed-amd64python.exe: No module named pip
Running these 2 commands helped me:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
If you wrote
pip install --upgrade pip
and you got
Installing collected packages: pip
Attempting uninstall: pip
Found existing installation: pip 20.2.1
Uninstalling pip-20.2.1:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError...
then you have uninstalled pip instead install pip.
This could be the reason of your problem.
The Gorodeckij Dimitrij’s answer works for me.
python -m ensurepip
This issue occurs with me while I was trying to upgrade pip version.
It was resolved with the following commands:
python -m ensurepip
The above command restores the pip and below mentioned upgrades it.
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
The method I’m going to tell might not be the correct way to do it. But this method solved my issue. I tried every solution on youtube and StackOverflow methods.
-
If you have two python versions installed. Delete one. I have the python 3.8.1 and 3.9.0 versions installed. I deleted version 3.9.0 from the C directory.
-
Now go to the control panel > System and security > System > Advanced system settings.
Click on ‘environment variables’.
Select the path and click on ‘edit’
Now, add the path of the python and also the path of pip module. In my case it was c:python38 and c:python38scripts
This method solved my issue.
I found this post while looking for a solution for the same problem. I was using an embedded python distribution. In this case, the solution is to uncomment import site
in the file python<version>._pth
.
First make sure that python
is added in environment variable.
Try checking the version of pip
or pip3
. Use these commands to check.
For pip
:
pip --version
For pip3
:
pip3 --version
If you can see any version of pip and still not able to use it, then run the following command.
python -m ensurepip
This ensures the pip
in your system.