pip gives error "pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available." in mac

python python-3.x pip pyenv pyenv-virtualenv
Dev Khadka picture Dev Khadka · Dec 10, 2019 · Viewed 14.1k times · Source

Edit: the answer suggested in comment or other answers I found are main for linux or for default python installed using brew. The problem I am facing is on the python version installed using pyenv

when I am trying to install any package using pip I get this error message

WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the SSL module in Python is not available.
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the SSL certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with URL: /simple/pip/ (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")) - skipping

I am using pyenv, pyenv-virtualenv and I am trying to install packages in a virtualenv with python 3.7.0. It was working fine few days back, I suspect updating my macOS to 10.14.6 caused this issue.

I couldn't find any working solution when googling or on StackOverflow. Can someone please help me to fix the issue

Answer

Dev Khadka picture Dev Khadka · Dec 11, 2019

The answers above was not working for me, any use of pip command was giving me the same error.

I finally solved the issue by re-installing the python3 using pyenv like below

pyenv install 3.7.0

# pyenv: /Users/devbhadurkhadka/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0 already exists
# continue with installation? (y/N) y

Thanks everyone for there answer

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