Can't install via pip because of egg_info error

Question

No matter which package I\'m trying to install, I get this error:

error: invalid command \'egg_info\'

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Answer 1

For me reinstalling and then upgrading the pip worked.

1. Reinstall pip by using below command or following link How do I install pip on macOS or OS X?

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

2. Upgrade pip after it's installed

   pip install -U pip

Answer 2

In my case, I had to uninstall pip and reinstall it. So I could install my specific version.

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove python-pip
sudo easy_install pip 

Answer 3

I was trying to install pyautogui and followed instructions from the first answer but was unsuccessful. The difference for me was running pip install pillow and then running pip install pyautogui

I don't know what this means, but I hope this helps some people out.

Answer 4

I'll add this in here as my problem had something todo with my virtualenv:

I hadn't activated my virtual environment and was trying to install my requirements, this ultimately led to my install failing and throwing this error message.

So make sure you activate your virtualenv!