I have installed pip for python 3.6 on Ubuntu 14. After I run
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
to install pip3, it works very well. However, after installation, when I am trying to run
pip3 install packagename
to install a new package, something strange occurs:
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1479, in <module>
register_loader-type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
AttributeError: module "importlib._bootstrap" has no attribute "SourceFileLoader"
It seems that I did nothing wrong, and I really cannot figure out the reason.
If you're getting this error running pip install dotenv, this is because the package is called python-dotenv not dotenv.
This worked for me:
sudo pip install python-dotenv
Faced the same problem. I think this is because python3.6 and pip3 were installed from different sources.
I suggest using python's inbuilt facility to install pip i.e
python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
This should install pip3 and pip3.x where x in python3.x.
Same works for python2 also.
Tried to install Tensorflow in venv on Windows 10 machine with python 3.8 and got the same issue.
What helped for me was:
pip install setuptools --upgrade
I had the same problem on my ubuntu 18.04 with python 3.6. None of the above methods helped, but this one solved the problem:
pip3 uninstall setuptools
I had the same error whatever I asked to pip. I gave a look to this page: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/
That line is the one that solved my problem:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install setuptools --upgrade
This command solved my issue. It fixed my problem.
When updating from python3.4 to python3.6 on ubuntu 14.04. The following solved me:
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | python3
If you face this issue in anaconda environment, simply upgrade setuptools using the following:
conda install -c conda-forge setuptools
That's because you are using an old version of setuptools, check up this issue.
I met the same problem, this is the key:
curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python3
I had faced the same issue on Ubuntu 19.10 and now I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and faced the issue again. This issue is due to broken pip3. So whenever you enter pip3 and hit enter it will show the same error. So instead of using "pip3 uninstall setuptools" use the below code
python3 -m pip uninstall setuptools
It resolved my issue 3rd time
I am facing the same problem, which is solved by downloading the source files of the setuptools and installing the module manually.
The setuptools can be downloaded here:
https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/
After downloading, unzip the package first, then cd to the directory and run
python setup.py install --user
For me the error happened while trying to create a virtual env with python 3.8:
sudo virtualenv venv -ppython3.8
And after trying all the answers here, finally the problem solved by installing the new version of virtualenv (20.0.7):
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
I encountered this error message triggered by a slightly different situation which I'll mention here for anyone who finds this.
This same error also occurs when installing the distribute Python package (which is currently just a compatibility layer in front of setuptools) in Python 3.6 or newer.
In my specific situation I discovered this as I was using pyzmail which has been somewhat abandoned and depends on distribute.
Collecting distribute
Downloading distribute-0.7.3.zip (145 kB)
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /var/lang/bin/python -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-hgbjn0js
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/
Complete output (15 lines):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library
File "/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>
from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
File "/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setuptools/dist.py", line 7, in <module>
from setuptools.command.install import install
File "/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from setuptools.command import install_scripts
File "/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
File "/tmp/pip-install-ssqyqflj/distribute/pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
I had the same issue when I tried to install the Slate package in Windows 10, Python 3.7.4 version:
AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
The instruction that generated the error:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>python -m pip install slate
The instruction that worked:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>python -m pip install https://github.com/timClicks/slate/archive/master.zip
I had the same problem with my cloud computer. If all above didn't work for you don't worry. Here's how I resolved it:
Download the pip file (pip-version.tar.gz) from:
https://pypi.org/project/pip/#files
For cloud, use this
curl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8e/76/66066b7bc71817238924c7e4b448abdb17eb0c92d645769c223f9ace478f/pip-20.0.2.tar.gz --output pip.tar.gz
Extract the content of the file and cd into the directory.
Run the following in the directory
python3 setup.py install --user
You should have pip3 working without errors.
pip3 install setuptools --upgrade
This also cured the issue on Python 3.9 running on Windows 10 and even on a custom Docker image.
I was having the same issue while using docker-compose. This exact error can be caused by not being the root user. Running the same commands with sudo fixed it for me. I don't not have setup-tools installed, and I'm running pip3. My issue was that IntelliJ didn't have sudo rights, so i had to do it from the terminal.
Above solutions were not working in my case for Ubuntu 20
If you run the following command:
sudo apt install python3-setuptools
Then you might get the result:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python3-setuptools is already the newest version (45.2.0-1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
But to actually solve it and re-install setuptools try following commands:
sudo apt download python3-setuptools
sudo dpkg -i python3-setuptools_45.2.0-1_all.deb
Note: Change the version of the python package that is downloaded
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pipenv", line 6, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/home/myuser/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line
1479, in <module>
Mine looked pretty similar, but for some reason I had a python installation in my home directory .local folder.
I did some of the other answers in this thread to ensure I had good local copy of python, then did:
rm -rf ~/.local
Just go inside the /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/, first copy setuptools file somewhere and then delete the setuptools. Everything will be okay for deleting you can use:
sudo rm -r setuptools
for copying
sudo cp -r setuptools /...Desktop/
After that if it gives errors just:
sudo pip3 install setuptools==3.8.1
to download again.
i want install 3rd library -> bson.
but error with next, who knows why?
# pip install bson
Collecting bson
Using cached bson-0.5.2.tar.gz
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-install-cP7YdW/bson/setup.py", line 8, in <module>
from pip import get_installed_distributions
ImportError: cannot import name get_installed_distributions
----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-cP7YdW/bson/
system info:
# uname -a
Linux instance-says 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
python and pip version info：
# python -V
Python 2.7.13
# pip --version
pip 10.0.0 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip (python 2.7)
pip authors were warning for many years to not import pip. Finally at version 10 they restructured their code.
To continue using pip with packages that import pip you need pip version 9:
python -m pip install -U 'pip>=9,<10'
PS. There is already a bug report.
easy fix:
pip uninstall bson
pip uninstall pymongo
pip install pymongo
Try pip install --upgrade setuptools and run again.
I tried to install pip manager using the file get-pip.py as mentioned in the documentation- https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
So, I downloaded the file and ran python get-pip.py and as a result, I had permission issues. So I again ran sudo python get-pip.py and it worked.
Now I wanted to install numpy. So I ran pip install numpy and it showed me the Import Error saying-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 7, in <module>
from pip import main
ImportError: No module named pip
But again when I ran sudo pip install numpy, it worked and got installed. Now, for every python script involving these pip packages, I have to run the script using sudo which I don't like. So how can I resolve these permission issues?
Just to mention-
python v2.7.12
pip v9.0.1
pip installation location- /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
I am trying to install something using "python setup.py install" but it shows me this error :-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 3, in <module>
from setuptools import setup
ImportError: No module named setuptools
I have installed this missing module using "pip install setuptools". But still it shows me the same error .I have also tried to install this using "sudo apt-get install python-setuptools" but the problem still remains the same. Help me in this issue
If you have Python 2 >=2.7.9 or Python 3 >=3.4 installed from python.org, you will already have pip and setuptools, but will need to upgrade to the latest version:
On Linux or macOS:
pip install -U pip setuptools
On Windows:
python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
If you’re using a Python install on Linux that’s managed by the system package manager (e.g “yum”, “apt-get” etc…), and you want to use the system package manager to install or upgrade pip, then see link
I'm using a clean instance of Ubuntu server and would like to install some python packages in my virtualenv.
I receive the following output from the command 'pip install -r requirements.txt'
Downloading/unpacking pymongo==2.5.2 (from -r requirements.txt (line 7))
Downloading pymongo-2.5.2.tar.gz (303kB): 303kB downloaded
Running setup.py egg_info for package pymongo
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
ImportError: No module named setuptools.command
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
ImportError: No module named setuptools.command
----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /home/redacted/env/build/pymongo
Storing complete log in /home/redacted/.pip/pip.log
Any Idea what's going on?
python version 2.7.3
pip version pip 1.4 from /home/redacted/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)
Try installing:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
if this doesn't work try:
curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
Edit: If you have several (possible conflicting) python installations or environments, the following commands can be useful to debug which executables are being used:
which python
which pip
which easy_install
They should "match". It can happen for example that you have pip installing packages for an EPD or global distribution while the current python that is being used corresponds to a local environment (or something different), in which case it might not be able to see the installed packages.
had the same problem, solved it with
pip install -U setuptools
Elaborating #elyase's Answer.
First check for which python version you want to install setuptools.
Normally both python versions comes default with debian or any linux distro.
So, as per your requirement install setup tools using apt package manager
For python 2.x
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
For python 3.x
sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
These instructions solved the problem for me:
first enter these commands
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade wheel
pip install setuptools
and then try to install the package that requires setuptools.