ImportError: cannot import name main when running pip --version command in windows7 32 bit

python pip importerror
Woootiness picture Woootiness · Jan 29, 2015 · Viewed 134.8k times · Source

I've installed the latest python (2.7.9) bundled with pip and setuptools for windows 32-bit. I've tried reinstalling pip but the problem persists.

Here's the error after running pip --version in Administrator cmd:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "D:\Python\lib\runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
  "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
 File "D:\Python\lib\runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code 
  exec code in run_globals
 File "D:\Python\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name main

Answer

catalinpopescu picture catalinpopescu · Apr 18, 2018

The bug is found in pip 10.0.0.

In linux you need to modify file: /usr/bin/pip from:

from pip import main
if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())

to this:

from pip import __main__
if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(__main__._main())

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