ImportError: No module named pip

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OS: Mac OS X 10.7.5 Python Ver: 2.7.5

I have installed setuptools 1.0 with ez_setup.py from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools Then I download pip.1.4.1 pkg from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip/1.4.1.

Run (sudo) python setup.py install in iTerm shows that

running install
running bdist_egg running egg_info writing requirements to
pip.egg-info/requires.txt writing pip.egg-info/PKG-INFO writing
top-level names to pip.egg-info/top_level.txt writing dependency_links
to pip.egg-info/dependency_links.txt writing entry points to
pip.egg-info/entry_points.txt warning: manifest_maker: standard file
'setup.py' not found

reading manifest file 'pip.egg-info/SOURCES.txt' writing manifest file
'pip.egg-info/SOURCES.txt' installing library code to
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg running install_lib warning:
install_lib: 'build/lib' does not exist -- no Python modules to
install

creating build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg creating
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pip.egg-info/SOURCES.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/dependency_links.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/entry_points.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/not-zip-safe ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/requires.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/top_level.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO creating
'dist/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg' and adding
'build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg' to it removing
'build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg removing
'/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg'
(and everything under it) creating
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg
Extracting pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg to
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages pip 1.4.1 is
already the active version in easy-install.pth Installing pip script
to /Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/bin Installing pip-2.7 script to
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/bin

Installed
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for pip==1.4.1 Finished processing
dependencies for pip==1.4.1

Then I inputed pip install, the error message showed like that

Traceback (most recent call last):   File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pip", line 9,
in <module>
load_entry_point('pip==1.4.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip')()   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 357, in
load_entry_point   File
"build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2394, in
load_entry_point   File
"build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2108, in
load ImportError: No module named pip

Anyone who met the same problem before and can give me some tips to solve it?

What happens when you run pip install from the terminal (not python interpreter) — TheoretiCAL, Aug 21 '13 at 17:16
The terminal shows a error like "Import Error: No module named pip" — David Lu, Aug 24 '13 at 10:24
I have counter the same question after update MacOSX. finally I found I setup pip failed. Reinstall pip and then fix it. — BollMose, Dec 15 '13 at 10:59
you could refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10061039/importerror-no-module-named-pip-log-in-installation-using-pip?rq=1 — Jichao, Feb 25 '15 at 14:37
Seems that will be not solution for You but I always try this command when I have some trouble with pip `python -m pip install ` — MartinP, Jun 14 '16 at 22:51

score 279 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 09 '16 at 12:29

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I had the same problem. My solution:

For Python 3

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

For Python 2

sudo apt-get install python-pip

edited Oct 09 '16 at 12:29

lmiguelvargasf

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answered Jun 14 '16 at 08:15

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the question is about installing on Mac. – Corey Goldberg May 25 '17 at 02:14
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On Arch I had to install python2-pip, python-pip pointed to python3 – Florian Brinker Mar 12 '18 at 14:45
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OMG thank you! I have a vagrant box spun up with python 3 and was wondering why pip commands where not working when I installed pip via 'sudo apt-get install python-pip'. These versioning changes (i.e. like php with homebrew) drive me crazy sometimes... – Ryan Coolwebs Dec 12 '18 at 02:58
`sudo yum install -y python38-pip` worked! Thanks.. – Karthik Kumar Nov 16 '21 at 08:42
`Package python-pip is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: python3-pip E: Package 'python-pip' has no installation candidate` and `E: Unable to locate package python2-pip` per Florian's suggestion – Drake P Feb 22 '22 at 03:21

score 219 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 03 '20 at 19:08

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On Mac using brew is a better option as apt-get is not available. Command:

brew install python

In case you have both python2 & python3 installed on machine

python2.7 -m ensurepip --default-pip

simply should solve the issue.

If instead you are missing pip from python 3 then simply change python2.7 to python3 in the command above.

edited Sep 03 '20 at 19:08

Jonathan Cabrera

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answered Oct 08 '17 at 12:17

iosCurator

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Oh finally a working solution! Thanks! I needed python3 on Mac (Mac OS X 10.13.4). After installing python with **Brew** `brew install python` the **pip** was not found: `python3 -m pip install redis` resulted in pip not found. Following your approach (python3 -m ...) did the trick. – Raipe May 17 '18 at 05:13
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I am having python2 and 3 on the same machine but for now I wanted to use Python3. Hence I had to modify the comment above to `sudo python3 -m pip install matplotlib` (I had to do this via sudo, otherwise some folder permission didnt work). (edited the answer correspondingly) – SCBuergel Jan 05 '19 at 07:55
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This worked for me, just remember to add a `sudo` at the beginning. – vauxhall Jan 07 '21 at 09:59
When running the second command I get: "zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available" – Nermin Mar 10 '21 at 07:14

score 184 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 05 '19 at 03:14

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With macOS 10.15 and Homebrew 2.1.6 I was getting this error with Python 3.7. I just needed to run:

python3 -m ensurepip

Now python3 -m pip works for me.

answered Jul 05 '19 at 03:14

kainjow

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In Ubuntu I get "ensurepip is disabled in Debian/Ubuntu for the system python". I solved with `sudo apt install python3-pip` – tuxErrante Nov 18 '19 at 13:56
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Works also under Windows! After saying `pip install --upgrade pip` my pip was gone (because pip was uninstalled sucessfully but failed to reinstall because pip.exe was busy...). `python -m ensurepip` brought back the default pip, from where I could take the correct upgrade path `python -m pip install --upgrade pip` – Adrian W Nov 30 '20 at 22:49
Thank you so much, this helped me fix this issue on WIndows without reinstalling python. – Maksym Shcherban Oct 18 '21 at 20:24
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The working command for me in windows was `python -m ensurepip` – Daniel Oct 29 '21 at 19:10
IT WORKED FOR WINDOWS!!! Thanks bro1 – DANIEL ROSAS PEREZ Dec 31 '21 at 20:59
worked on Ubuntu – Aadam Mar 22 '22 at 09:12

score 63 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '14 at 14:21

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After installing ez_setup, you should have easy_install available. To install pip just do:

easy_install pip

answered Oct 27 '14 at 14:21

Manuel Riel

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this only reinstalled pip on python3. how about fixing pip installation in python 2.7.x? – winux May 02 '19 at 12:25
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Works for Windows as well... Thanks! – Z E Nir Apr 28 '20 at 12:24
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What is "ez_setup"? – Aaron Franke Nov 28 '21 at 09:18
If you have multiple versions of python installed, you might want to target the install to the specific python version with something like `. "C:\Python\Python 3.8.6-64\python.exe" -m easy_install pip`. – np8 Jan 13 '22 at 13:31

score 25 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 20 '21 at 23:42

for Windows:

python -m ensurepip

after activate your env ex : venv

(venv) PS D:\your path> d:\your path\venv\scripts\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

sample of result:

Collecting pip

Using cached pip-21.3-py3-none-any.whl (1.7 MB)

Installing collected packages: pip

Attempting uninstall: pip

Found existing installation: pip 20.1.1

Uninstalling pip-20.1.1:

  Successfully uninstalled pip-20.1.1

Successfully installed pip-21.3

score 24 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 24 '21 at 12:12

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Try to install pip through Python:

Please go to: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/

and download get-pip.py, and then run:

(sudo) python get-pip.py

edited Oct 24 '21 at 12:12

albertyw

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answered Jan 31 '18 at 19:40

Qiangzini

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_Never_ just `sudo` npm/pip/gem & co _just to get it to work_ - it's insanely dangerous. – msanford Jan 16 '22 at 20:24

score 13 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 29 '20 at 16:52

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Run

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

Then run the following command in the folder where you downloaded: get-pip.py

python get-pip.py

answered Nov 29 '20 at 16:52

AllisLove

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This worked for me, but for python2, the according link is this: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py – Mayak Jul 05 '21 at 09:58

ANUP SAJJAN · Answer 8 · 2021-04-23T09:22:18.687

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On some kind of Linux, like distros based on Debian, you might want to consider updating your 'apt-get' first, in case you are installing python-pip through it.

sudo apt-get update

This might help apt-get to update its indexes and locate the python-pip package. After this, u might install pip like this-

sudo apt-get install python-pip (Python2)
sudo apt-get install python3-pip (Python3)

edited Apr 23 '21 at 09:22

answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:23

ANUP SAJJAN

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For some kinds of Linux. – Greg Allen Jun 16 '20 at 23:20

score 6 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 09 '13 at 19:22

I ran into this same issue when I attempted to install the nova client.

spencers-macbook-pro:python-novaclient root# python  setup.py install    
running install
/usr/bin/python: No module named pip
error: /usr/bin/python -m pip.__init__ install   'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0' 'iso8601>=0.1.4' 'PrettyTable>=0.6,<0.8' 'requests>=1.1' 'simplejson>=2.0.9' 'six' 'Babel>=0.9.6' returned 1

I use homebrew so I worked around the issue with sudo easy_install pip

spencers-macbook-pro:python-novaclient root# brew search pip
aespipe     brew-pip    lesspipe    pipebench   pipemeter   spiped  pipeviewer

If you meant "pip" precisely:

Homebrew provides pip via: `brew install python`. However you will then
have two Pythons installed on your Mac, so alternatively you can:
    sudo easy_install pip
spencers-macbook-pro:python-novaclient root# sudo easy_install pip

The commands should be similar if you use macports.

score 6 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 21 '21 at 15:49

I encountered the same error with Python 3.8.6 on MacOS Big Sur.

Whether I used pip or pip3 I'd get this error:

 File "/Users/marcelloromani/dev/<repository>/venv/bin/pip", line 5, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'

It turns out my virtualenv was out of date. This fixed the issue for me:

Remove the old virtualenv

$ deactivate
$ rm -rf venv

Initialise a new virtualenv

$ virtualenv venv
$ . venv/bin/activate

Install the new requirements then worked:

$ pip install -r src/requirements.txt

score 5 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 12 '21 at 10:12

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Try to re-install the pip use curl command to download the get-pip.py file:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python get-pip.py

if curl is not working then open this link : get-pip.py

create a get-pip.py file in your directory copy the code from this link and put it in the get-pip.py file and save the file in the same directory. then run the command

python get-pip.py

answered Apr 12 '21 at 10:12

Deepesh ranjan

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pip not worked after doing that, with same error on win10. – Mahmoud Mabrok May 24 '22 at 12:17

score 4 · Answer 12 · edited Apr 29 '17 at 20:53

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I think none of these answers above can fix your problem.

I was also confused by this problem once. You should manually install pip following the official guide pip installation (which currently involves running a single get-pip.py Python script)

after that, just sudo pip install Django. The error will be gone.

edited Apr 29 '17 at 20:53

The Red Pea

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The OP didn't mention Django anywhere. – dskrvk Mar 03 '16 at 17:47

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 11 '14 at 08:51

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I downloaded pip binaries from here and it resolved the issue.

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score 3 · Answer 14 · edited Dec 27 '17 at 18:06

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I know this thread is old, but I just solved the problem for myself on OS X differently than described here.

Basically I reinstalled Python 2.7 through brew, and it comes with pip.

Install Xcode if not already:

xcode-select –install

Install Brew as described here:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Then install Python through Brew:

brew install python

And you're done. In my case I just needed to install pyserial.

pip install pyserial

edited Dec 27 '17 at 18:06

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I had Xcode already installed. Did `ruby ...` and `brew ...`. When running `pip ...` I got `-bash: pip: command not found`. Any ideas? – meaning-matters Dec 27 '17 at 18:21

score 3 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 01:58

If you get "No module named pip" in ubuntu, try this.

$python3 -m pip --version
/usr/bin/python3: No module named pip

$sudo apt-get install python3-pip

It worked for me.

After successful installation validate using

$python3 -m pip --version

To upgrade to latest pip version

$python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Oct 27 '14 at 13:55

In terminal try this:

ls -lA /usr/local/bin | grep pip

in my case i get:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      284 Сен 13 16:20 pip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      204 Окт 27 16:37 pip2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      204 Окт 27 16:37 pip2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      292 Сен 13 16:20 pip-3.4

So pip2 || pip2.7 in my case works, and pip

score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 09:31

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Download:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

Then Install pip:

py get-pip.py

Then Install biopython:

py -m pip install biopython

I wish it would be useful

answered Mar 15 '21 at 09:31

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Victoria Stuart · Answer 18 · 2021-04-05T16:59:22.397

I encountered the issue ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip' when I created a new Python 3 virtual environment using the command

python3 -m venv ~/venv/ontology    ## << note: "python3" (problematic)

which is a command often suggested (here, elsewhere). When I entered that venv, pip was nowhere to be found.

In the interim, since first using that command to create Python virtual environments, my system Python had upgraded (Arch Linux system updates) from Python 3.7.4 to Python 3.9.2.

The solution is to use the command

python -m venv <your_venv>  ## e.g. python -m ~/venv/ontology

When I did that (python -m ... not python3 -m ...), that venv now contained pip ...

To upgrade pip within that venv, use

<your_venv_path>/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip

## e.g.
## /home/victoria/venv/ontology/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip

score 2 · Answer 19 · answered Jan 20 '22 at 20:48

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For python2.7, download from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py

then run

python get-pip.py

answered Jan 20 '22 at 20:48

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score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Apr 15 '21 at 05:36

I am using Debian, but this solution can also be applied for Ubuntu.

Usually, pip comes with python by default, in order to check if pip is installed in your system run.

python -m pip --version

If pip is not there, install it using Aptitude Linux Package Manager,

# For Python 2
sudo apt install python-pip

# For Python 3
sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip

I wouldn't use the get-pip.py script in Debian/Ubuntu, because in the documentation page mentions the following.

Be cautious if you are using a Python install that is managed by your operating system or another package manager. get-pip.py does not coordinate with those tools, and may leave your system in an inconsistent state.

Sources here and there.

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Oct 24 '17 at 21:54

I solved a similar error on Linux by setting PYTHONPATH to the site-packages location. This was after running python get-pip.py --prefix /home/chet/pip.

[chet@rhel1 ~]$ ~/pip/bin/pip -V
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/chet/pip/bin/pip", line 7, in <module>
    from pip import main
ImportError: No module named pip

[chet@rhel1 ~]$ export PYTHONPATH=/home/chet/pip/lib/python2.6/site-packages

[chet@rhel1 ~]$ ~/pip/bin/pip -V
pip 9.0.1 from /home/chet/pip/lib/python2.6/site-packages (python 2.6)

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered May 01 '19 at 13:25

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my py version is 3.7.3, and this cmd worked

python3.7 -m pip install requests

requests library - for retrieving data from web APIs.

This runs the pip module and asks it to find the requests library on PyPI.org (the Python Package Index) and install it in your local system so that it becomes available for you to import

answered May 01 '19 at 13:25

Mahi

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which results in the same error as the original question "No module named PIP" – Nick.McDermaid Dec 16 '20 at 06:15

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Oct 01 '19 at 10:42

Tested below for Linux: You can directly download pip from https://pypi.org/simple/pip/ untar and use directly with your latest python.

tar -xvf  pip-0.2.tar.gz
cd pip-0.2

Check for the contents.

anant$ ls
docs  pip.egg-info  pip-log.txt  pip.py  PKG-INFO  regen-docs  scripts  setup.cfg  setup.py  tests

Execute directly:

anant$ python pip.py --help
Usage: pip.py COMMAND [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -E DIR, --environment=DIR
                        virtualenv environment to run pip in (either give the
                        interpreter or the environment base directory)
  -v, --verbose         Give more output
  -q, --quiet           Give less output
  --log=FILENAME        Log file where a complete (maximum verbosity) record
                        will be kept
  --proxy=PROXY         Specify a proxy in the form
                        user:passwd@proxy.server:port. Note that the
                        user:password@ is optional and required only if you
                        are behind an authenticated proxy.  If you provide
                        user@proxy.server:port then you will be prompted for a
                        password.
  --timeout=SECONDS     Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds)

score 0 · Answer 24 · edited Oct 16 '19 at 20:51

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Here's a minimal set of instructions for upgrading to Python 3 using MacPorts:

sudo port install py37-pip
sudo port select --set pip pip37
sudo port select --set pip3 pip37
sudo pip install numpy, scipy, matplotlib

I ran some old code and it works again after this upgrade.

edited Oct 16 '19 at 20:51

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Nov 24 '19 at 19:01

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Followed the advise on this URL, to rename the python39._pth file. That solved the issue

https://michlstechblog.info/blog/python-install-python-with-pip-on-windows-by-the-embeddable-zip-file/#more-5606

ren python39._pth python39._pth.save

answered Nov 24 '19 at 19:01

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Oct 01 '20 at 20:42

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I just needed to replace pip with pip3 so I ended up running the command as follows: pip3 install matplotlib

answered Oct 01 '20 at 20:42

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Oct 16 '20 at 05:44

I had a similar problem with virtualenv that had python3.8 while installing dependencies from requirements.txt file. I managed to get it to work by activating the virtualenv and then running the command python -m pip install -r requirements.txt and it worked.

score -1 · Answer 28 · edited Feb 10 '21 at 19:32

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For Windows:

If pip is not available when Python is downloaded: run the command

python get-pip.py

edited Feb 10 '21 at 19:32

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answered Feb 10 '21 at 15:00

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score -2 · Answer 29 · answered Jul 13 '21 at 08:22

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run sudo apt-get install pip and try again the process this fixed mine problem

answered Jul 13 '21 at 08:22

Poopy

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The OP expressly says he is on MAC OS X. – Fabrizio Jul 13 '21 at 09:06

ImportError: No module named pip

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