ImportError: No module named pip

Question

OS: Mac OS X 10.7.5 Python Ver: 2.7.5

I have installed setuptools 1.0 with ez_setup.py from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools Then I download pip.1.4.1 pkg fr

Answer 1

On Mac using brew is a better option as apt-get is not available. Command:

brew install python

In case you have both python2 & python3 installed on machine

python2.7 -m ensurepip --default-pip

simply should solve the issue.

If instead you are missing pip from python 3 then simply change python2.7 to python3 in the command above.

Answer 2

I ran into this same issue when I attempted to install the nova client.

spencers-macbook-pro:python-novaclient root# python  setup.py install    
running install
/usr/bin/python: No module named pip
error: /usr/bin/python -m pip.__init__ install   'pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0' 'iso8601>=0.1.4' 'PrettyTable>=0.6,<0.8' 'requests>=1.1' 'simplejson>=2.0.9' 'six' 'Babel>=0.9.6' returned 1

I use homebrew so I worked around the issue with sudo easy_install pip

spencers-macbook-pro:python-novaclient root# brew search pip
aespipe     brew-pip    lesspipe    pipebench   pipemeter   spiped  pipeviewer

If you meant "pip" precisely:

Homebrew provides pip via: `brew install python`. However you will then
have two Pythons installed on your Mac, so alternatively you can:
    sudo easy_install pip
spencers-macbook-pro:python-novaclient root# sudo easy_install pip

The commands should be similar if you use macports.

Answer 3

In terminal try this:

ls -lA /usr/local/bin | grep pip

in my case i get:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      284 Сен 13 16:20 pip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      204 Окт 27 16:37 pip2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      204 Окт 27 16:37 pip2.7
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root      292 Сен 13 16:20 pip-3.4

So pip2 || pip2.7 in my case works, and pip

Answer 4

Try to install pip through Python:

Please go to: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/

and download get-pip.py, and then run:

(sudo) python get-pip.py

Answer 5

Here's a minimal set of instructions for upgrading to Python 3 using MacPorts:

sudo port install py37-pip
sudo port select --set pip pip37
sudo port select --set pip3 pip37
sudo pip install numpy, scipy, matplotlib

I ran some old code and it works again after this upgrade.

Answer 6

Run

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

Then run the following command in the folder where you downloaded: get-pip.py

python get-pip.py