ignoring ensurepip failure pip requires ssl/tls error in Ubuntu 18.04

Question

Getting ignoring ensurepip failure pip requires ssl/tls error when trying to install python and pip in Ubuntu 18.04

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Answer 1

This is a python compilation issue that has been fixed as of Python 3.4.5. Best practice would be to upgrade to 3.4.5 and follow the compilation steps again.

For those coming here for Python <3.5.3 with the same issue, this same issue has been fixed as of 3.5.3 (see here).

I am not sure if other Python versions are affected, but have seen in the Patch notes that in later versions also a fix was made for Windows and MacOSX. Please check the change log for the Python major version you are using to see which fix applies to you. the change logs can be found here: (Python 3.4, Python 3.5)