Cannot install pkg_resources using pip
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Sun Apr 16 18:27:56 EDT 2023
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote:
> It worked then because your path found a pip script. When there are more
> than one Python installations, it can be unclear which one will get run,
> depending on how the path got set up after the last version was installed.
Thomas,
I probably last used pip with a python-3.7 version.
> To check your version of Python, run
> python3 -V
$ python3 -V
Python 3.9.10
> Then try to run pip:
> python3.9 -m pip
$ python3.9 -m pip
/usr/bin/python3.9: No module named pip
> If pip has not been installed (very possible on Linux), then you will need to
> get it. If python3.9 is not the system-upgraded version, then do an internet
> search for "linux python install pip". There's a pip website that has an
> installer for it. I never remember what it's called, so I always have to
> search for it myself.
https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/install-python-pip-linux
I'll download the installer from ther.
> If it appears that python3.9 *is* the version installed by the system, then
> use the system installer to install the right version of pip - as I said
> above, the package name can vary across distros.
It should have been installed with the upgrade to 3.9.10
> Your message doesn't seem to have been copied to the mailing list. If you
> don't mind, it could help other people if you copied it and this reply to
> the list.
I always respond to the mail list if that's the 'reply to' address.
Sometimes I don't check the address used in my reply, assuming it's correct.
Thanks,
Rich
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