no module named packaging.version

Question

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 yesterday and installed pip by the command
sudo apt-get install python-pip,
later when I am trying to install other packages through pip or trying to check the pip version, I am getting the following error.

Traceback (most recent call last):  
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 5, in module  
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point  
  File "/home/abhi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 70, in module  
    import packaging.version  
ImportError: No module named packaging.version

I tried by installing pip3, but that also gives the same error.

I strongly recommend using anaconda. In addition to providing python and pip it provides pre-built versions of many packages and virtual environment management. Simply install anaconda, create a virtual environment with the desired python version and then use pip as usual. I realize this does not answer your question but I hope it will help you get around the issue — Ivaylo Strandjev, Mar 03 '17 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 20 '20 at 04:26

1

I solved the above problem by installing pip by the following command

python -m pip install -U pip

Now pip is working fine..

edited Aug 20 '20 at 04:26

jkoop

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answered Mar 07 '17 at 10:33

Abhilash Bhat

11

Hi, I had the same problem as the OP (though with python3.4). How can your solution work if pip(3) fails ? – PlasmaBinturong Mar 16 '17 at 13:24
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It gives me this error : /usr/bin/python: No module named packaging.version; 'pip' is a package and cannot be directly executed – PlasmaBinturong Mar 23 '17 at 22:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '17 at 22:46

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What worked for me was to reinstall pip using the get-pip.py script, as described here:

sudo apt-get purge python-pip python-setuptools
curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

answered Mar 23 '17 at 22:46

PlasmaBinturong

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no module named packaging.version

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