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Problem with installing PyPDF2 - Pavel_47 - Nov-10-2019
Hello,
Here is what happens when I'm trying to install PyPDF2:
Output:sudo pip3 install PyPDF2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pip3", line 9, in <module>
from pip import main
ImportError: cannot import name 'main'Thanks.
RE: Problem with installing PyPDF2 - snippsat - Nov-10-2019
(Nov-10-2019, 01:52 PM)Pavel_47 Wrote: File "/usr/bin/pip3", line 9, in <module>Bug report
Quote:User runs the system wrapper from /usr/bin/pip3 which is from the OS-supplied pip 8.So it can use the old
This wrapper expects to see pip 8, but it doesn't because user site takes priority over system site.
pip-8 that's placed in /usr/bin/pip3,newest version is now pip-19.3.1.A fix that is in the link.
sudo python3 -m pip uninstall pip && sudo apt install python3-pip --reinstall
Or pyenv Simple Python Version Management then is never
sudo or pip3 and it use internal pip version from Python.Then it work like this.
# Check pip see that it point to Python version not OS tom@tom:~$ pip -V pip 19.3.1 from /home/tom/.pyenv/versions/3.7.3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pip (python 3.7) # Install tom@tom:~$ pip install PyPDF2 Collecting PyPDF2 Downloading ..... Installing collected packages: PyPDF2 Running setup.py install for PyPDF2 ... done Successfully installed PyPDF2-1.26.0
RE: Problem with installing PyPDF2 - Pavel_47 - Nov-10-2019
Worked. Thanks !