unable to run pip

[Skaperen]

nope! but it has changed, again. apparently still more is needed.

Output:
lt1a/root/2 /root 19# log-aptget-install python3-packaging
Script started, file is ./20220609-191337-037996-install-update.log
19:13:37 [38000] EXECUTING: 'apt-get' 'update'
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages [1,532 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages [671 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main i386 Packages [451 kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,885 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main Translation-en [262 kB]       
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [40.7 kB]                                             
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/restricted amd64 Packages [982 kB]                                               
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/restricted Translation-en [140 kB]                                               
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [66.4 kB]                                         
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]                                       
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main Translation-en [344 kB]                                                    
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [277 kB]                                             
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [1,058 kB]                                            
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/restricted Translation-en [150 kB]                                              
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe i386 Packages [682 kB]                                                 
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [928 kB]                                                
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [391 kB]                                         
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [944 B]                                        
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [7,996 B]                                          
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [30.5 kB]                                      
Fetched 10.2 MB in 21s (479 kB/s)                                                                                                        
Reading package lists... Done
[[ 0m26s real 26.490 - user 5.889 - sys 0.938 - 25.77% ]]
19:14:04 [38000] FINISHED - status = 0
Script done, file is ./20220609-191337-037996-install-update.log
Script started, file is ./20220609-191405-038328-install-python3-packaging.log
19:14:05 [38332] EXECUTING: 'apt-get' '-y' 'install' 'python3-packaging'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  docbook-xml libglu1-mesa libyelp0 sgml-base sgml-data usb-modeswitch-data x11-session-utils xinit xml-core yelp-xsl
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python3-packaging
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 132 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 python3-packaging all 20.3-1 [26.8 kB]
Fetched 26.8 kB in 1s (34.7 kB/s)            
Selecting previously unselected package python3-packaging.
(Reading database ... 229968 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python3-packaging_20.3-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-packaging (20.3-1) ...
Setting up python3-packaging (20.3-1) ...
[[ 0m3s real 3.583 - user 1.924 - sys 0.320 - 62.62% ]]
19:14:08 [38332] FINISHED - status = 0
Script done, file is ./20220609-191405-038328-install-python3-packaging.log
lt1a/root/2 /root 20#

Output:
lt1a/root/2 /root 21# log-pip-install awscli
Script started, file is ./20220609-191457-038458-install-awscli.log
19:14:57 [38462] EXECUTING: 'pip' 'install' '--cache-dir' '/var/lib/pip-cache' 'awscli'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 5, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main
  File "/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
  File "/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
  File "/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 7, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
  File "/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py", line 28, in <module>
    from pip._internal.models.target_python import TargetPython
  File "/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/models/target_python.py", line 4, in <module>
    from pip._internal.utils.misc import normalize_version_info
  File "/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 23, in <module>
    from pip._vendor.retrying import retry  # type: ignore
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._vendor.retrying'
[[ 0m0s real 0.257 - user 0.206 - sys 0.013 - 84.84% ]]
19:14:57 [38462] FINISHED - status = 1
Script done, file is ./20220609-191457-038458-install-awscli.log
lt1a/root/2 /root 22#