unable to run pip

[Skaperen]

i think there may be a bad file mixed in there as a result of carry over from my previous system, that is effectively disrupting the correct operation of access to package files. my thought is that i can find it by purging (the apt term) all the python packages and re-installing them. i have already done a "apt reinstall" and that does not help. i suspect cases where modules cannot be found are cases where the search paths are being altered, especially "/usr/" -> "//".