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I can't use pip and I don't know why.

The error I get is shown below:

 File "d:\python\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, File "d:\python\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "D:\Python\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 5, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'

If I try py -3.8 -m pip install I get D:\Python\python.exe: No module named pip.

If I use get-pip nothing happens.

If I try to upgrade pip nothing happens.

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  • Did you re-install python and all tools ? Commented May 2, 2020 at 14:47
  • Did you try using pip3? Commented May 2, 2020 at 14:52
  • tafhim | no i don´t have re-install python and all tools maby i can find another way Commented May 2, 2020 at 15:07
  • yovel cohen | Yes i did Commented May 2, 2020 at 15:07
  • How did you install python? Was this error there from the beginning or did it appear after you did something specific? Commented May 2, 2020 at 15:43

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Following pip installation, try this on Windows

py -m ensurepip --upgrade

This command activates pip.

Ref. https://docs.python.org/3/library/ensurepip.html

After this you can upgrade

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

or, on Windows

py -m pip install -U pip
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C:\Users\Amir>python -m ensurepip C:\Users\Amir>python -m pip install --upgrade pip Nothing happened
Amir, call the python executable by its full pathname or add its installation directory to the system variable PATH.
I tried this and got, "no module named ensurepip"
python -m pip install --upgrade pip uninstalls pip for me lmao python pls .-. ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied Uninstalling pip-22.0.4
@Snowcrash Why are you using Python2 when it is end-of-life? pip can upgrade itself, therefore why it is listed twice. And short-args with single dash vs two for long-opts are CLI semantics, not a Python issue... The Python installer "ensures Python"... Not all OS come with Pip installed, therefore why it needs "ensured" via code that it does come with.
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I had the same problem. But in my case, when I was upgrading the pip version the new version stopped installing (upgrading) before the older version successfully uninstalled. After searching 4 or 5 sites I found:

python -m ensurepip

I was able to use the pip command and also this:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
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For Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint and derivatives users

Install pip using APT:

sudo apt install python3-pip
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I don't know what OS you are using and what errors you got when using get-pip, but I had similar issue on Ubuntu20 and this solved it:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py python3 get-pip.py --force-reinstall

Credit: @Benjamin's answer here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1025189/pip-is-not-working-importerror-no-module-named-pip-internal

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Or, you could apt install python3-pip ...
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I had the same problem, but found that python -m ensurepip just told me that the pip scripts were already installed. So what I did was delete the 2 pip directories under C:\Users\[user_id]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Lib\site-packages, then run python -m ensurepip again. That fixed it for me.

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Try this python -m pip install --upgrade pip

A suggestion, try to use anaconda or venv to avoid such issues.

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