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I work on Ubuntu 14. I install python3 and pip3. When I try to use pip3, I have this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/pip3", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 70, i
n <module>
    import packaging.version
ImportError: No module named 'packaging'

Does anyone know what is the issue?

vvvvv
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Raouf
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First update your pip version itself. You can take a look at this answer

pip3 install --upgrade pip

And then try to install packaging, if its not already installed by now.

pip3 install packaging
Vivek Kumar
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I recently had the same error. Unfortunately none of the other answers solved my problem. Finally installing the following package resolved my issue:

sudo apt install python3-packaging

For older versions of Python you may need to adjust the command:

sudo apt install python-packaging
marf.12
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If I understand well, the issue that causes confusion in other's replies is that you have an error while running pip itself, which prevents self-updates of pip or installation of the missing package.

As requested, please state exactly how you installed Python 3 and pip. Ubuntu 14 does not come with Python 3.5.

For diagnosis, please give the output of

which python3

that is probably /usr/bin/python3 and refers to the system-wide python3 while your pip is located in /usr/local/bin/pip3.

Suggested solution: Uninstall system pip with apt-get remove python3-pip and try again with either pip3 or python3.5 -m pip.

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  • Here is python installation script: – Raouf Feb 14 '17 at 12:54
  • ```sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python3.5``` – Raouf Feb 14 '17 at 12:54
  • pip installation ```sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip``` – Raouf Feb 14 '17 at 12:56
  • What does `which python3` and `which pip3` give? The fact that the location `/usr/local/bin/pip3` appears in your error hints at a non-system install. Can you also give `ls /usr/local/bin`? – Pierre de Buyl Feb 14 '17 at 13:02
  • It solve my issue. When I use pip3, the program try to use python3.4. By using python3.5 -m pip ... (instead pip3) it works well. Many thanks! – Raouf Feb 14 '17 at 13:03
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I got this issue and I solved it by getting the path to my python module on my virtualenv

python3.7 -c 'import sys; print(sys.path)'

Then I cloned github repository for Packaging

in one of the directory.. That's about it

Alexandre Rueda Payen
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I tried all of the above.

I had to manually add the libraries to the pyinstaller command as data:

.\pyinstaller.exe -F --add-data ".\venv\Lib\site-packages\packaging;packaging" --add-data ".\venv\Lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager;webdriver_manager" --onefile .\departed_shipments.py
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