“ssl module in Python is not available” when installing package with pip3

Question

I\'ve install Python 3.4 and Python 3.6 on my local machine successfully, but am unable to install packages with pip3.

When I execute pip3 install

Answer 1

If you are on OSX and have compiled python from source:

Install openssl using brew brew install openssl

Make sure to follow the instructions brew gives you about setting your CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS. In my case I am using the openssl@1.1 brew formula and I need these 3 settings for the python build process to correctly link to my SSL library:

export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib/pkgconfig"

Assuming the library is installed at that location.