Pip broken on Ubuntu 14.4 after package upgrade
Solution 1
apt-get
installs a much older version of pip which can lead to problems, completely remove python-pip
with:
apt-get remove --purge python-pip
then:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python
using sudo if required
Solution 2
This should work for you. Follow these simple steps.
Step: 1 sudo apt-get remove python-pip
Step: 2 sudo easy_install -U pip
Will return some address like: Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-6.1.1-py2.7.egg
Step: 3 go to this link.
Step: 4 Right click >> Save as.. with name get-pip.py .
Step: 5 use: cd to go to the same directory as your get-pip.py file
Step: 6 use: sudo python get-pip.py
or
Step: 7 use: sudo apt-get install python-pip
user1592380
Updated on June 19, 2022Comments
-
user1592380 almost 2 years
I was trying to upgrade the python requests package on an EC2 ubuntu 14.4 instance. after doing this, which did not throw an error I ran
pip freeze
and got:
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ pip freeze Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip", line 9, in <module> load_entry_point('pip==1.5.4', 'console_scripts', 'pip')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 351, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2363, in load_entry_poin return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2088, in load entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__']) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/vcs/mercurial.py", line 9, in <module> from pip.download import path_to_url File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 25, in <module> from requests.compat import IncompleteRead ImportError: cannot import name IncompleteRead ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo apt-get remove python-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: python-colorama python-distlib python-html5lib Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: python-pip 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 64 not upgraded. After this operation, 479 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 58701 files and directories currently installed.) Removing python-pip (1.5.4-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Recommended packages: python-dev-all The following NEW packages will be installed: python-pip 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/97.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 479 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package python-pip. (Reading database ... 58626 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python-pip_1.5.4-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python-pip (1.5.4-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up python-pip (1.5.4-1) ... ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ pip freeze Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip", line 9, in <module> load_entry_point('pip==1.5.4', 'console_scripts', 'pip')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 351, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2363, in load_entry_poin return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2088, in load entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__']) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/vcs/mercurial.py", line 9, in <module> from pip.download import path_to_url File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 25, in <module> from requests.compat import IncompleteRead ImportError: cannot import name IncompleteRead ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove python-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: python-colorama python-distlib python-html5lib Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: python-pip* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 64 not upgraded. After this operation, 479 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 58701 files and directories currently installed.) Removing python-pip (1.5.4-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Recommended packages: python-dev-all The following NEW packages will be installed: python-pip 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/97.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 479 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package python-pip. (Reading database ... 58626 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python-pip_1.5.4-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python-pip (1.5.4-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up python-pip (1.5.4-1) ... ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ pip freeze Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip", line 9, in <module> load_entry_point('pip==1.5.4', 'console_scripts', 'pip')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 351, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2363, in load_entry_poin return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2088, in load entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__']) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/vcs/mercurial.py", line 9, in <module> from pip.download import path_to_url File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 25, in <module> from requests.compat import IncompleteRead ImportError: cannot import name IncompleteRead ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$
As you can see I've tried to uninstall and reinstall pip in various ways to no avail. How can I get it working again?
edit:
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo python get-pip.py The directory '/home/ubuntu/.cache/pip/log' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the debug log has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If e xecuting pip with sudo, you may want the -H flag. The directory '/home/ubuntu/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is not owned by the current use r and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If exec uting pip with sudo, you may want the -H flag. The directory '/home/ubuntu/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is not owned by the current use r and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If exec uting pip with sudo, you may want the -H flag. Collecting pip Downloading pip-6.0.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.3MB) 100% |################################| 1.3MB 370kB/s Installing collected packages: pip Successfully installed pip-6.0.8 ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ pip freeze -bash: /usr/bin/pip: No such file or directory ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo -H python get-pip.py Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove python-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'python-pip' is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: python-colorama python-distlib python-html5lib Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded. ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ sudo -H python get-pip.py Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-196:~$ pip freeze -bash: /usr/bin/pip: No such file or directory