Error "/usr/local/bin/python: No module named pip"

Question

I installed pip, but if I try to install a package with

python -m pip install requests

it says

/usr/local/bin/python: No module named pip

How can I figure out where the problem is?

The problem is not with pip, but that the modules are not installed in the right way, so I can’t use them in Python. I am using Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet).

Is pip installed? You can check with which pip. if there is no pip, start with the docs — Josh J
– Josh J, Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 18:47
You should update the question with what version of Linux you are using; anoop's answer should work for debian/ubuntu, Fedora/Redhat/CentOS require slightly different instructions. — Foon
– Foon, Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 18:55
Might sound silly, but if try to run just the pip command alone, what happens? — idjaw
– idjaw, Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 19:00
You installed python manually, while you should have used your distro's package management tools (apt-get/dpkg). Because of this, you have a broken installation of python. You have to fix that before you go further. Maybe start by removing what you put in /usr/local. — spectras
– spectras, Commented Oct 8, 2015 at 19:04

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-01 20:10:18Z

My situation is that the Python 3 works fine, but pip 3 does not work (the default Python version is Python 2.7, but it doesn't matter).

I solve this problem by the following command:

apt-get purge python3-pip apt-get install -y python3-pip

And if you are not the root user, you may need to add sudo in the beginning of the command.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-02 16:21:02Z

My openSUSE box at work did not have pip installed and YaST did not find it. I figured out that YaST was only pointing to a local package-repository which apparently was missing pip.

I have added the official openSUSE repository, which I found on Package repositories and then was able to find and install pip.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-01 20:19:19Z

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Pip is a Python packaging module that helps us to install Python libraries. To install Python libraries/modules, you need to install pip -

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools sudo easy_install pip sudo apt-get update which pip # To check pip install or not pip install requests

edited Mar 1, 2022 at 20:19

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cbl Over a year ago

Successfully installed requests-2.8.0 ImportError: No module named requests

anoop-khandelwal Over a year ago

do like pip freeze | grep requests and check if requests is already installed or not ,also check if you are using a virtual environment.In case,if you are using virtual environmennts,you need to activate it using source env/bin/activate.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-02 16:21:55Z

I had to do something similar, and tom's answer didn't quite work on DigitalOcean and Ubuntu 14.04.05 (Trusty Tahr).

apt-get install python-setuptools easy_install pip apt-get install python3-dev pip install --upgrade setuptools pip install cryptography pip install paramiko

Allexj · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-11 16:48:17Z

to install pip in the version you want: python3.VERSIONYOUINSTALLED -m ensurepip and then you can use with python3.VERSIONYOUINSTALLED -m pip install PACKAGEYOUWANT

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-01 19:56:42Z

See if the package is installed in the site-packages of your Python version.

It gives the path where all your packages reside for particular Python version.

import sys, os; print os.sep.join([sys.prefix, 'lib', 'python' + sys.version[:3], 'site-packages']);

If you find requests there, then import requests should work. Otherwise, add the above path to your Python interpreter's path by using the below code.

import sys sys.path.append("<path>")

In what context is the line containing "sys.version[:3]" to be executed? Why is there semicolon outside the code formatting? Please respond by editing (changing) your answer, not here in comments (without "Edit:", "Update:", or similar - the answer should appear as if it was written today).

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