ImportError: No module named pip

Michael Zippo

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OS: Mac OS X 10.7.5 Python Ver: 2.7.5

I have installed setuptools 1.0 with ez_setup.py from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools Then I download pip.1.4.1 pkg from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip/1.4.1.

Run (sudo) python setup.py install in iTerm shows that

running install
running bdist_egg running egg_info writing requirements to
pip.egg-info/requires.txt writing pip.egg-info/PKG-INFO writing
top-level names to pip.egg-info/top_level.txt writing dependency_links
to pip.egg-info/dependency_links.txt writing entry points to
pip.egg-info/entry_points.txt warning: manifest_maker: standard file
"setup.py" not found

reading manifest file "pip.egg-info/SOURCES.txt" writing manifest file
"pip.egg-info/SOURCES.txt" installing library code to
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg running install_lib warning:
install_lib: "build/lib" does not exist -- no Python modules to
install

creating build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg creating
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pip.egg-info/SOURCES.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/dependency_links.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/entry_points.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/not-zip-safe ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/requires.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO copying
pip.egg-info/top_level.txt ->
build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/EGG-INFO creating
"dist/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg" and adding
"build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg" to it removing
"build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg" (and everything under it)
Processing pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg removing
"/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg"
(and everything under it) creating
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg
Extracting pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg to
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages pip 1.4.1 is
already the active version in easy-install.pth Installing pip script
to /Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/bin Installing pip-2.7 script to
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/bin

Installed
/Users/dl/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/pip-1.4.1-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for pip==1.4.1 Finished processing
dependencies for pip==1.4.1

Then I inputed pip install, the error message showed like that

Traceback (most recent call last):   File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pip", line 9,
in <module>
load_entry_point("pip==1.4.1", "console_scripts", "pip")()   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 357, in
load_entry_point   File
"build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2394, in
load_entry_point   File
"build/bdist.macosx-10.6-intel/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 2108, in
load ImportError: No module named pip

Anyone who met the same problem before and can give me some tips to solve it?

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Anna Nickolson

Abu Dhabi | 2023-01-27

Maybe there are another answers? What ImportError: No module named pip exactly means?. Will use it in my bachelor thesis

Javier Nickolson

Shanghai | 2023-01-27

Thanks for explaining! I was stuck with ImportError: No module named pip for some hours, finally got it done 🤗. Checked yesterday, it works!

Frank Porretti

Abu Dhabi | 2023-01-27

I was preparing for my coding interview, thanks for clarifying this - ImportError: No module named pip in Python is not the simplest one. Will use it in my bachelor thesis