Re: python pip trouble

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 at 16:13:28 -0600, ghe wrote:
> Buster, Supermicro workstation
> 
> I wanted to install pip (python3 is installed and working well and my
> apt mirrors are up to date):
> 
> root@sbox:~# apt install pip
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package pip
> 
> I went to Synaptic to look around a bit. It installed (pip for
> pythion3). I went to man pip, and was told I could enter a command
> followed by --help:
> 
> root@sbox:~# pip install --help
> -bash: pip: command not found
> 
> root@sbox:~# whereis pip
> pip: /usr/bin/X11/pip
> 
> root@sbox:~# /usr/bin/X11/pip
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/X11/pip", line 9, in <module>
>     from pip import main
> ImportError: No module named pip
> 
> root@sbox:~# cd /usr/bin/X11/
> 
> root@sbox:/usr/bin/X11# ls -lh pip
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 292 Feb 24 16:14 pip
> 
> root@sbox:/usr/bin/X11# ./pip
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./pip", line 9, in <module>
>     from pip import main
> ImportError: No module named pip
> 
> root@sbox:/usr/bin/X11# python pip
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "pip", line 9, in <module>
>     from pip import main
> ImportError: No module named pip
> 
> root@sbox:/usr/bin/X11# python3 pip
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "pip", line 9, in <module>
>     from pip import main
> ImportError: cannot import name 'main' from 'pip'
> (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py)
> 
> 
> What's it doing off everybody's $PATH? What's bent? My brain???
> 
> -- 
> Glenn English
> 

The package you want is python3-pip (already installed?), and the
executable is /usr/bin/pip3.