Pip is not working for Python 3.10 on Ubuntu

Question

I am new to using Ubuntu and Linux in general. I just attempted to update Python by using sudo apt-get install python3.10. When I run python3.10 -m pip install <library name> I always receive the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
    sys.exit(_main())
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 73, in main
    command = create_command(cmd_name, isolated=("--isolated" in cmd_args))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/commands/__init__.py", line 96, in create_command
    module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 24, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.req_command import RequirementCommand
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 15, in <module>
    from pip._internal.index.package_finder import PackageFinder
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py", line 21, in <module>
    from pip._internal.index.collector import parse_links
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/index/collector.py", line 12, in <module>
    from pip._vendor import html5lib, requests
ImportError: cannot import name 'html5lib' from 'pip._vendor' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py)```

I have tried doing sudo apt-get install python3.10-html5lib it downloaded something but it did not fix the error. How should I fix this error?

Solution 1

This is likely caused by a too old system pip version.

Install the latest with:
curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10

Solution 2

I have tried all the answers above but nothing worked for me. My python3 version is 3.10.2.

So I need to install the appropriate version for pip.

However, I have tried

curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10

But didn't work so, I tried

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | Sudo python3

This worked for me

Solution 3

I've had this problem inside GitHub Actions. My solution was to resort to virtual environments to isolate from the rest of the system. Ensure python3.10-venv is installed and then do

python3.10 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install ...
...
deactivate

Solution 4

This is an expanded version of @mirekphd's comment which gave me a solution that worked both on my laptop and on our server perfectly without messing anything up.

First step, if not already done is to add the 'deadsnakes' repository so that the latest python related software can be downloaded and kept updated.

sudo apt install software-properties-common -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

And, if you don't have Python 3.10 already installed you can do that with:

sudo apt install python3.10

And finally, to make pip work you will need to install the distutils package that's compatible with 3.10:

apt install python3.10-distutils

After that you can use pip the following way:

python3.10 -m pip _rest_of_the_pip

The above is necessary because the regular pip command will utilize the systems default python version and not 3.10.

If you use pip frequently then you can add an alias to your .bashrc file such as:

alias pip310='python3.10 -m pip'

After that you can just use it like this:

pip310 install blah

Solution 5

Try:

pip3.10 install <package name>

Make sure you have the latest version pip and python3.10

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Comments

[Timo]

It is important to grasp that when installing python, pip will not come automatic with it. You have to install the module separately, as seen in the answer by nnn

[nnn]

OP already installed python3.10, perhaps after adding a third party repo like sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && sudo apt update

[Timo]

... and do not follow the first google search result for installation of pip - apt install python3-pip, it installs python3.8 together with pip on Ubuntu 20.04 as of today.

[Timo]

On Ubuntu 20.04 with python3.10 from deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa-focal.list installed, I get ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.cmd'

[mirekphd]

You can apt install python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils from deadsnakes repo, but tell me please when you succeed installing numpy with pip3.10.

[Timo]

@mirekphd thanks for the hint, I will try numpy - a side info: consider to address your comment to me with the "at sign plus user" so that I can be aware of it.

[mirekphd]

Apparently ensurepip is not available in Ubuntu/Debian (/usr/bin/python3.10: No module named ensurepip)

[QuentiumYT]

Well no clue :/ I had just ensurepip with my python3.10 (DL from deadsnake ppa) and it fixed my pip installation

[EdisonMaxwell]

The latest pip version is 21.3.1 though. Have you tried the above command?

[ScipioAfricanus]

AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableMapping' Errors out.

[alvaro nortes]

These two commands worked for me on Ubuntu18: curl -sS bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10 && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3-pip

[devp]

For those who are wondering how this command works: curl is used to download the file from the given link the parameter -sS means s (small s) represent silent and S (capital s) means show error. Curl will download the get-pip.py file which has some python code and then we pass the code to python3.10 command this way python3.10 will run get-pip.py and this way latest version of pip will be installed

[Flaiming]

This worked for me, thanks!

[adem.sh]

This sould be the right answer.

[mingchau]

thanks, really saved my day! Important to issue with the sudo

[Tushar]

You should small case sudo so that it doesn't fail on copy and paste.