ImportError: No module named py31compat

Question

i am trying to install gensim using

sudo -H pip install --upgrade gensim

but it is giving me this error :

  File \"setup.py\",         


        

Answer 1

Notice that setuptools come from /usr/local/lib whereas pkg_resources come from /usr/lib. You must likely have an older pkg_resources through the package system and then a newer setuptools installed by pip.

Delete (or move away) the /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools directory.