Python Forum

I tried to upgrade pip by 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' but there is an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, "__main__", mod_spec)
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\__main__.py", line 16, in <module>
from pip._internal import main as _main # isort:skip # noqa
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\autocompletion.py", line 8, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main_parser.py", line 11, in <module>
from pip._internal.commands import (
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
from pip._internal.commands.completion import CompletionCommand
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\completion.py", line 6, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.base_command import Command
File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 26, in <module>
from pip._internal.index import PackageFinder
ImportError: cannot import name 'PackageFinder' from 'pip._internal.index' (C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\index\__init__.py)

what does this mean and how can I fix it. Thank you in advance

just use: pip install --upgrade pip

(May-08-2020, 08:43 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: [ -> ]just use: pip install --upgrade pip

i get this sir

Error:
C:\Windows\system32>pip install --upgrade pip
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\most1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\autocompletion.py", line 8, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main_parser.py", line 11, in <module>
    from pip._internal.commands import (
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from pip._internal.commands.completion import CompletionCommand
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\completion.py", line 6, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.base_command import Command
  File "c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 26, in <module>
    from pip._internal.index import PackageFinder
ImportError: cannot import name 'PackageFinder' from 'pip._internal.index' (c:\users\most1\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\index\__init__.py)

Try this and report results:

python -V
pip -V

Try:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip --ignore-installed --no-cache-dir