[New-bugs-announce] [issue28957] undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode when executing any command with pip2.7

[Ramakrishna Kommineni]

New submission from Ramakrishna Kommineni:

Hi,

I have installed python from source in the directory /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.
During installation there are no errors seen.
I have added the below environment variables to my bashrc

export PATH=/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin:/home/rkommine/software/tcltk8.6.6/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBBRARY_PATH=/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib:$LD_LIBBRARY_PATH

rkommine at rubuntu:~/Downloads$ which python2.7
/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/python2.7
rkommine at rubuntu:~/Downloads$ python2.7 --version
Python 2.7.12
rkommine at rubuntu:~/Downloads$ which pip2.7
/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/pip2.7

But when I execute any command with pip2.7 I am getting the below errors

rkommine at rubuntu:~/Downloads$ pip2.7 --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/pip2.7", line 7, in <module>
    from pip import main
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar  # noqa
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/vcs/subversion.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip.index import Link
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/index.py", line 30, in <module>
    from pip.wheel import Wheel, wheel_ext
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 32, in <module>
    from pip import pep425tags
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/pep425tags.py", line 9, in <module>
    import ctypes
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ImportError: /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode
rkommine at rubuntu:~/Downloads$ pip2.7 install robotframework
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/bin/pip2.7", line 7, in <module>
    from pip import main
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar  # noqa
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/vcs/subversion.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip.index import Link
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/index.py", line 30, in <module>
    from pip.wheel import Wheel, wheel_ext
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 32, in <module>
    from pip import pep425tags
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/pep425tags.py", line 9, in <module>
    import ctypes
  File "/home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ImportError: /home/rkommine/software/python2.7.12/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode
rkommine at rubuntu:~/Downloads$ 

Could you please help to fix this error?
Thanks in advance.

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components: ctypes
files: Installation.Log.txt
messages: 283074
nosy: Ramakrishna Kommineni
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_FromUnicode when executing any command with pip2.7
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file45869/Installation.Log.txt

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