Pip: ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'pip') not found

Question

I install pip with:

$ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools, python-pip

But when I try install something with pip i have this error

sudo pip install Flask
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 9, in <module>
  load_entry_point('pip==1.3.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip')()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 378, in    load_entry_point
  return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2565, in load_entry_point
  raise ImportError("Entry point %r not found" % ((group,name),))
ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'pip') not found

why?? Thanks.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12858779/easy-install-importerror-entry-point-console-scripts-easy-install-not Does this link help you ? — Thothadri Rajesh, Oct 17 '13 at 13:53
I have two version of setuptools (0.9.4 and 0.9.5) How I can Uninstall one of them? — F.N.B, Oct 17 '13 at 19:20

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 19 '20 at 17:51

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sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip
may do the trick. Try it

answered Jan 19 '20 at 17:51

Brian Brix

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I had the same issue. This helped! – Florian Kirmaier Apr 13 '21 at 12:46
legend! I was trying to realise what was going on for 2 hours. :D – Tsakiroglou Fotis May 20 '21 at 12:27

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '13 at 02:59

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I remove setuptools 0.9.4 and do 'pip install --upgrade setuptools' and work good.

answered Nov 22 '13 at 02:59

F.N.B

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How did you used pip to upgrade setuptools if you can't run pip? – Akronix Nov 29 '18 at 17:09

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 16 '18 at 08:20

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you may check the /usr/bin/pip file, if it links to pip2, then change the first line of pip2 from '/usr/bin/python' to '/usr/bin/python2.7' or '/usr/bin/python2.x' matching pip2. If it links to pip3, then change to python3 or the version python3.x matching pip3.

It works for me because I have installed python 2.7 and 3 so and pip. So when I use 'pip' it using python3 as default, which resulting in the same output.

answered May 16 '18 at 08:20

hannah

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Possible duplicate of : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11268501/how-to-use-pip-with-python-3-x-alongside-python-2-x?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa – Meloman May 16 '18 at 08:34
In latest systems where by default python3 is installed, this helped. Thanks. – viggy May 21 '20 at 09:52

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 08 '21 at 05:42

I was facing almost same error and having python2.7 installed on my mac. I tried sudo python2.7 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip and it worked for me. If you have python3 installed then you can try sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip Hope it will work.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 02:20

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I find there are multiple version pip on my Ubuntu,I followed these steps and it worked:

sudo apt-get remove python-pip
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/pip-2.7 sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/pip
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.4.1.egg-info
sudo easy_install -m pip-2.7 sudo easy_install -m pip
curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

answered Feb 24 '14 at 02:20

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Thanks, your idea gave me the idea to remove the pip folders in my /usr/local/lib/python3.10 which fixed my similar issues! – Cheetaiean Mar 24 '22 at 00:57

Pip: ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'pip') not found

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