AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'openssl_md_meth_names'

Question

I am calling a python script from another python script,irrespective of the output the python script I am calling I get the following error in stderr,I googled but couldn't find anything concrete,am clueless as to why am getting this error?does anyone have any idea on how to fix it?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 151, in _run_module_as_main
    mod_name, loader, code, fname = _get_module_details(mod_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 109, in _get_module_details
    return _get_module_details(pkg_main_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 101, in _get_module_details
    loader = get_loader(mod_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pkgutil.py", line 464, in get_loader
    return find_loader(fullname)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pkgutil.py", line 474, in find_loader
    for importer in iter_importers(fullname):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pkgutil.py", line 430, in iter_importers
    __import__(pkg)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from pip.utils import get_installed_distributions, get_prog
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 27, in <module>
    from pip._vendor import pkg_resources
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 35,
    import email.parser
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\parser.py", line 12, in <module>
    from email.feedparser import FeedParser
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\feedparser.py", line 27, in <module>
    from email import message
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\message.py", line 16, in <module>
    import email.charset
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\charset.py", line 13, in <module>
    import email.base64mime
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\base64mime.py", line 40, in <module>
    from email.utils import fix_eols
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\utils.py", line 27, in <module>
    import random
  File "C:\Python27\lib\random.py", line 49, in <module>
    import hashlib as _hashlib
  File "C:\Python27\lib\hashlib.py", line 138, in <module>
    _hashlib.openssl_md_meth_names)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'openssl_md_meth_names'

What minor version of python 2.7 are you using? This was added in `2.7.9`, is yours less than that? — donkopotamus, Oct 10 '16 at 22:35
Problem with your Python installation? See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5128845/importerror-no-module-named-ssl — Laurent LAPORTE, Oct 10 '16 at 22:36
@donkopotamus - am using 2.7.9,anything else I need to check other than this? — carte blanche, Oct 10 '16 at 22:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '16 at 22:37

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Try to run brew cleanup and after that brew postinstall python.

For more info see this thread

answered Oct 10 '16 at 22:37

Nir Alfasi

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how to install `brew`? – carte blanche Oct 10 '16 at 22:41
I installed brew `C:>pip install brew Collecting brew Downloading brew-0.1.3.zip (42kB) 100% |################################| 51kB 1.4MB/s Installing collected packages: brew Running setup.py install for brew ... done Successfully installed brew-0.1.3` – carte blanche Oct 10 '16 at 22:48
even after installing brew ,brew commands are not working..i dont seem to find `brew` executable either,please provide guidance – carte blanche Oct 10 '16 at 22:49
Are you working on Windows ? if so - this doesn't apply to you – Nir Alfasi Oct 11 '16 at 16:38

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'openssl_md_meth_names'

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