“pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available”

Question

I have the anaconda package and run Spyder. Here is my system information:

anaconda                  2018.12                  py37_0

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Answer 1

I had the same issue when I created a new environment in anaconda, activated it and tried to install a library with pip. What was missing was:

conda install pip

then everything worked for me.

Answer 2

Activate your base conda environment:

conda activate base

Answer 3

Try your install/update with pip3 instead of pip.

Answer 4

Here was my process to correct the error, on Windows 10 with Anaconda:

1. Added the following paths to my environment variables:
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3/Scripts
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3/Library
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3/Library/Bin

At this stage, the error message was still there.

2. From Anaconda Prompt, I installed the latest version of pip:

   python -m pip install --upgrade pip

This appeared to correct the DLL conflict.

Answer 5

Activating the base and then activated my Django environment.

(Django_env) (base) C:\virtual_environment\Django_env> , which actually worked for me.

Answer 6

I do not have libeay32.dll in bin folder either, but after adding C:\Users\<user name>\Anaconda3\pkgs\openssl-1.1.1a-he774522_0\Library\bin to the top of path, it is working. This is on Windows 10 64-bit.