pip no longer working after update error 'module' object is not callable

Question

After a pip update, pip has stopped working completely.

Z:\\>pip install matplotlib
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"c:\\program files\\python3         


        

Answer 1

Had the same problem. I've managed to fix it by reinstalling pip in place, using combination the other answers:

python -m pip install -U --force-reinstall pip

Answer 2

I had the same issue with h5py-2.7.1, and the warnings were gone after upgrading to h5py-2.10.0.

Answer 3

All credit for this goes to user han_solo, who left the answer as a comment, instead of as an answer:

Instead of pip install stdlib_list --user

use python -m pip install stdlib_list --user

Replace stdlib_list with matplotlib or whatever the name is of the package you want.

Answer 4

Similar to what @han_solo said, but if your running python3, instead of using:

python -m pip install stdlib_list --user

try using:

python3 -m pip install stdlib_list --user