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pip3 error : AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'? (ubuntu 20.04 with python 3.8)

I think i have messed up some python files when installing some packages in a requirement.txt file
now i get these errors when trying to install or uninstall anything:
for example when trying to uninstall matplotlib without sudo using pip3 uninstall matplotlib (even tho i never had to use sudo to uninstall anything before) :
Found existing installation: matplotlib 3.3.1
Uninstalling matplotlib-3.3.1:
Would remove:
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/matplotlib-3.3.1-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg
Proceed (y/n)? y
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 788, in move
os.rename(src, real_dst)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/matplotlib-3.3.1-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg' -> '/tmp/pip-uninstall-nw393b36'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 228, in _main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/uninstall.py", line 89, in run
uninstall_pathset = req.uninstall(
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py", line 686, in uninstall
uninstalled_pathset.remove(auto_confirm, verbose)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_uninstall.py", line 394, in remove
moved.stash(path)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_uninstall.py", line 283, in stash
renames(path, new_path)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 352, in renames
shutil.move(old, new)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 800, in move
rmtree(src)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 715, in rmtree
_rmtree_safe_fd(fd, path, onerror)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 672, in _rmtree_safe_fd
onerror(os.unlink, fullname, sys.exc_info())
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 670, in _rmtree_safe_fd
os.unlink(entry.name, dir_fd=topfd)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'pylab.py'
When trying with sudo :
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 209, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/commands/uninstall.py", line 46, in run
with self._build_session(options) as session:
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 66, in _build_session
session = PipSession(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 321, in __init__
self.headers["User-Agent"] = user_agent()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 93, in user_agent
zip(["name", "version", "id"], platform.linux_distribution()),
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip3", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('pip==20.3.dev0', 'console_scripts', 'pip3')())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 217, in main
return command.main(cmd_args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 242, in main
with self._build_session(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 66, in _build_session
session = PipSession(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 321, in __init__
self.headers["User-Agent"] = user_agent()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 93, in user_agent
zip(["name", "version", "id"], platform.linux_distribution()),
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'
How can i fix this? i am using ubuntu 20.04 and i heard uninstalling python3.8 is a big no no since many system files use it, so what should i do?
tried many suggestion on similar questions like this and it didn't work:
How to fix "module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'" when installing new packages with Python3.8?

Python 3.8 removed some stuff. I solved my problems with pip (specifically pip install) by installing pip with curl
What worked for me was:
cd ~/Downloads
Downloading get-pip.py
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
Then running it with python 3.8:
python3.8 get-pip.py
Solved it for me.

Installing Pylint

I am trying to turn on Pylint.
I type in 'Ctrl + Shift + P', and I click Python: Select Linter, and then I try to click 'bandit'.
When I do this, the pop up window in the bottom right corner says 'Linter bandit is not installed'.
When I click install, I get:
Collecting bandit
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5a/50/ff2f2c8f1f0ca1569f678eeb608c0f973b835985410985594fbee96be820/bandit-1.6.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2795, in _dep_map
return self.__dep_map
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2652, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError(attr)
AttributeError: _DistInfoDistribution__dep_map
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 211, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 294, in run
requirement_set.prepare_files(finder)
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 334, in prepare_files
functools.partial(self._prepare_file, finder))
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 321, in _walk_req_to_install
more_reqs = handler(req_to_install)
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 561, in _prepare_file
set(req_to_install.extras) - set(dist.extras)
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2774, in extras
return [dep for dep in self._dep_map if dep]
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2797, in _dep_map
self.__dep_map = self._compute_dependencies()
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2830, in _compute_dependencies
common = frozenset(reqs_for_extra(None))
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2827, in reqs_for_extra
if req.marker_fn(override={'extra':extra}):
File "C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\_markerlib\markers.py", line 113, in marker_fn
return eval(compiled_marker, environment)
File "<environment marker>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'platform_system' is not defined
You are using pip version 7.1.2, however version 19.3.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
I have already upgraded my pip version to the most recent. Basic Googling tells me that this is using a virtual environment, and the venv is using an earlier version of pip, but I have no idea how to fix this.
Please help.

pip is giving conflict error while installing package

While running $ pip install <package>, I am getting below error, in this case I am installing PyJWT and also checked for other packages to crosscheck. This happened after upgrading pip to 19.0.2 from 19.0.1.
Check below errors while running pip install PyJWT, requirement are already satisfied, but still I am getting error, please suggest how to fix it.
$ easy_install pip
for reinstalling the pip.
$ pip install PyJWT
Tejeshs-MacBook-Air:selenium_testing tejeshagrawal$ pip install PyJWT
Requirement already satisfied: PyJWT in
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages (1.7.1) Error checking for
conflicts. Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2897, in _dep_map
return self.__dep_map File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2691, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError(attr) AttributeError: _DistInfoDistribution__dep_map
**During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:**
Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2888, in _parsed_pkg_info
return self._pkg_info File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2691, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError(attr) AttributeError: _pkg_info
**During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:**
Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py",
line 503, in _warn_about_conflicts
package_set, _dep_info = check_install_conflicts(to_install) File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/check.py",
line 108, in check_install_conflicts
package_set, _ = create_package_set_from_installed() File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/check.py",
line 47, in create_package_set_from_installed
package_set[name] = PackageDetails(dist.version, dist.requires()) File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2635, in requires
dm = self._dep_map File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2899, in _dep_map
self.__dep_map = self._compute_dependencies() File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2908, in _compute_dependencies
for req in self._parsed_pkg_info.get_all('Requires-Dist') or []: File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2890, in _parsed_pkg_info
metadata = self.get_metadata(self.PKG_INFO) File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 1410, in get_metadata
value = self._get(self._fn(self.egg_info, name)) File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 1522, in _get
with open(path, 'rb') as stream: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/~ip-18.1.dist-info/METADATA'
Tejeshs-MacBook-Air:selenium_testing tejeshagrawal$ pip freeze >
require.txt Could not parse requirement: -ip Exception: Traceback
(most recent call last): File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2584, in version
return self._version File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2691, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError(attr) AttributeError: _version
**During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:**
Traceback (most recent call last): File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py",
line 179, in main
status = self.run(options, args) File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/freeze.py",
line 93, in run
for line in freeze(**freeze_kwargs): File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py",
line 62, in freeze
req = FrozenRequirement.from_dist(dist) File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py",
line 239, in from_dist
req = dist.as_requirement() File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2716, in as_requirement
if isinstance(self.parsed_version, packaging.version.Version): File
"/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2551, in parsed_version
self._parsed_version = parse_version(self.version) File "/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py",
line 2589, in version
raise ValueError(tmpl % self.PKG_INFO, self) ValueError: ("Missing 'Version:' header and/or METADATA file", Unknown [unknown version]
(/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages))

Seems like your problem is similar or the same as this bug which was ironically fixed in 19.0.2. The problem is somewhere along the line you tried to install a module and it failed. pip didn't properly clean up after itself and left a package in a broken state.
The solution seems to be to find any directories starting with - in your site-packages directory (/Users/tejeshagrawal/Library/Python/3.7/lib/python/site-packages in your case) and rename them to what they should be. eg. if you find -yJWT-1.0.dist-info then you should rename it to PyJWT-1.0.dist-info. If you're not sure what it's real name should be then look for the Name value in -yJWT-1.0.dist-info/METADATA. NB. I just used PyJWT as an example, it might not be the package(s) that is/are broken. After that pip should be able to get up and running again.

Complementary finding:
Using #Dunes answer, couldn't fix the file name so I ended-up unninstalling every package from PIP
PowerShell pip uninstall -y (pip freeze)
When the loop broke on the Plackage "Plotly" I found the culprit.

You could try to install the package pip-conflict-checker:
pip install pip-conflict-checker
and then run the command:
pipconflictchecker
this will show you the packages that cause troubles

You can create a virtual environment as well by following this link:- https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html#creating-an-environment-with-commands
Step 1: conda create -n myenv python=3.7.4
Step 2: conda activate myenv
Step 3: pip install package_name
This helps to manage an individual conda environment to manage packages.

TypeError from pip when setting up virtualenv

new to coding and I think I've searched thoroughly for answers to this question, but the suggested solutions haven't been working for me. Apologies if this is a duplicate, though!
I'm trying to set up my computer according to these instructions, currently trying to get virtualenv up and running. However, pip doesn't seem to be working properly. I was able to use python -m pip as a workaround and installed virtualenv using: python -m pip install virtualenv
But the same workaround doesn't seem to work with virtualenvwrapper: python -m pip install virtualenvwrapper gives me this error:
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 324, in run
requirement_set.prepare_files(finder)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 380, in prepare_files
ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 634, in _prepare_file
abstract_dist.prep_for_dist()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 129, in prep_for_dist
self.req_to_install.run_egg_info()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 412, in run_egg_info
self.setup_py, self.name,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 387, in setup_py
import setuptools # noqa
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
import setuptools.version
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/setuptools/version.py", line 1, in <module>
import pkg_resources
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 72, in <module>
import packaging.requirements
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/packaging/requirements.py", line 59, in <module>
MARKER_EXPR = originalTextFor(MARKER_EXPR())("marker")
TypeError: __call__() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
If I try running anything directly with a pip command, such as pip install virtualenvwrapper, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 5, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 72, in <module>
import packaging.requirements
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/packaging/requirements.py", line 59, in <module>
MARKER_EXPR = originalTextFor(MARKER_EXPR())("marker")
TypeError: __call__() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
I have a mac running Sierra (10.12.4). Python version 2.7.6. Pip 9.0.1
Thoughts? Thank you!

GAE " no attribute 'HTTPSHandler' " dev_appserver.py

I am trying to use the google appengine python SKD from my ubuntu lucid. I have already compiled python2.5. But when I execute any "dev_appserver.py" command with it I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dev_appserver.py", line 69, in <module>
run_file(__file__, globals())
File "dev_appserver.py", line 65, in run_file
execfile(script_path, globals_)
File "/home/rohan/workspace/app_en/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py", line 90, in <module>
from google.appengine.tools import appcfg
File "/media/Ultimate/WebD/django/app_engine/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/appcfg.py", line 59, in <module>
from google.appengine.tools import appengine_rpc
File "/media/Ultimate/WebD/django/app_engine/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/appengine_rpc.py", line 24, in <module>
import fancy_urllib
File "/media/Ultimate/WebD/django/app_engine/google_appengine/lib/fancy_urllib/fancy_urllib/__init__.py", line 328, in <module>
class FancyHTTPSHandler(urllib2.HTTPSHandler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSHandler'
I have checked the urllib2 moduls of python2.6 and python2.5 but there was no difference in the models defination and HTTPSHandelr is there in python2.5 too. So I guess it is some other sort of error.
I tried to run with the default python2.6 too but then I get the following error:
WARNING 2010-09-11 12:08:40,848 datastore_file_stub.py:657] Could not read datastore data from /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./dev_appserver.py", line 69, in <module>
run_file(__file__, globals())
File "./dev_appserver.py", line 65, in run_file
execfile(script_path, globals_)
File "/home/rohan/workspace/app_en/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py", line 449, in <module>
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "/home/rohan/workspace/app_en/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py", line 426, in main
static_caching=static_caching)
File "/home/rohan/workspace/app_en/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver.py", line 3820, in CreateServer
server = HTTPServerWithScheduler((serve_address, port), handler_class)
File "/home/rohan/workspace/app_en/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver.py", line 3840, in __init__
request_handler_class)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/SocketServer.py", line 400, in __init__
self.server_bind()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/BaseHTTPServer.py", line 108, in server_bind
SocketServer.TCPServer.server_bind(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/SocketServer.py", line 411, in server_bind
self.socket.bind(self.server_address)
File "<string>", line 1, in bind
socket.error: [Errno 98] Address already in use
It works well in windows and even under wine.
Update
Problem with python2.6 solved.
I had configured my apache server for a django deployment on the 8080 and 80 port some time earlier.
But there is still same error with python2.5 isntallation.

Solved the issue...just needed to build all dependencies of python using:
apt-get build-dep python
python compiles with no error even when all the dependencies are not installed. It just skips the modules which require them and builds python.

Solution for missing HTTPSHandler:
Before you build python 2.5 from source you need to enable ssl-socket by editing Modules/Setup.dist (more info here http://paltman.com/2007/nov/15/getting-ssl-support-in-python-251/)

The method described in this post worked perfectly for me (Ubuntu 11.10).
http://dewbot.posterous.com/installation-of-python-25-and-google-app-engi