ImportError cannot import name main when running pip --version command in windows7 32 bit

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I ve installed the latest python  2 7 9  bundled with pip and setuptools for windows 32-bit  I ve tried reinstalling pip but the problem persists   Here s the error after running pip --version in Administrator cmd   Traceback  most recent call last    File  D  Python lib runpy py   line 162  in  run module as main      main     fname  loader  pkg name   File  D  Python lib runpy py   line 72  in  run code    exec code in run globals  File  D  Python Scripts pip exe   main   py   line 5  in  lt module gt  ImportError  cannot import name main

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On Ubuntu Server 16  I have the same problem with python27  Try this   Change      from pip import main if   name         main         sys exit main      To  from pip  internal import main if   name         main         sys exit main

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On MacOS if you ve installed python via Homebrew  change the line in  usr local opt python libexec bin pip  from   from pip internal import main   to  from pip  internal import main   Or use this one liner  sed -i     s from pip import main from pip  internal import main    usr local opt python libexec bin pip  Explanation   The issue is caused by the changes in pip version 10 moving internal namespace under main  internal and the bin script put in place by homebrew still looking it from the old place  where it used to be in version 9   Issue and some discussion https   github com pypa pip issues 5240

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I had the same problem  but uninstall and reinstall with apt and pip didn t work for me   I saw another solution that presents a easy way to recover pip3 path   sudo python3 -m pip uninstall pip  amp  amp  sudo apt install python3-pip --reinstall

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On Windows 10  I used the following commands to downgrade pip   python -m pip uninstall pip python -m pip install pip  9 0 3   This should also work on Linux and Mac too

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This solved my problem in ubuntu 18 04 when trying to use python3 6   rm -rf    local lib python3 6   You can move the folder to another place using mv instead of deleting it too  for testing   mv    local lib python3 6   python3 6 old

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On Windows 10  I had the same problem  PIP 19 was already installed in my system but wasn t showing up  The error was No Module Found    python -m pip uninstall pip python -m pip install pip  9 0 3   Downgrading pip to 9 0 3 worked fine for me

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For those having similar trouble using pip 10 with PyCharm  download the latest version here

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In our case  in 2020 using Python3  the solution to this problem was to move the Python installation to the cloud-init startup script which instantiated the VM  We had been encountering this same error when we had been trying to install Python using scripts that were called by users later in the VM s life cycle  but moving the same Python installation code to the cloud-init script eliminated this problem

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Open your terminal linux   hash -d pip

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try this     usr bin python   GENERATED BY DEBIAN  import sys    Run the main entry point  similarly to how setuptools does it  but because   we didn t install the actual entry point from setup py  don t use the   pkg resources API i try      from pip import main except ImportError      from pip  internal import main if   name         main         sys exit main

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If you have a hardlink to pip in your PATH  i e  if you have multiple python versions installed  and then you upgrade pip  you may also encounter this error   The solution consists in creating the hardlink again  Or even better  stop using hardlinks and use softlinks

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Even though the original question seems to be from 2015  this  bug  seems to affect users installing pip-10 0 0 as well    The workaround is not to modify pip  however to change the way pip is called  Instead of calling  usr bin pip call pip via Python itself  For example  instead of the below   pip install  lt package gt    If from Python version 2  or default Python binary is called python  do     python -m pip install  lt package gt    or if from Python version 3    python3 -m pip install  lt package gt

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It works on ubuntu 16 04   Step 1    sudo gedit  home user name  local bin pip   a file opens with the content      usr bin python    - - coding  utf-8 - - import re import sys  from pip import main  if   name         main         sys argv 0    re sub r  -script  pyw   exe          sys argv 0       sys exit main      Change the main to   main   as it appears below      usr bin python    - - coding  utf-8 - - import re import sys  from pip import   main    if   name         main         sys argv 0    re sub r  -script  pyw   exe          sys argv 0       sys exit   main    main      Save the file and close it  And you are done

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The bug is found in pip 10 0 0   In linux you need to modify file   usr bin pip from   from pip import main if   name         main         sys exit main      to this   from pip import   main   if   name         main         sys exit   main    main

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A simple solution that works with Ubuntu  but may fix the problem on windows too   Just call  pip install --upgrade pip

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i fixed the problem by reinstalling pip using get-pip py    Download get-pip from official link  https   pip pypa io en stable installing  upgrading-pip run it using commande  python get-pip py    And pip is fixed and work perfectly

[python] ImportError: cannot import name main when running pip --version command in windows7 32 bit

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