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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._internal'

ID: python/module-not-found-pip-internals

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80%Fix Rate
87%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-03-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.8-3.12 active — — —

Root Cause

pip installation is corrupted or partially removed, often after manual uninstall or failed pip upgrade. The pip package metadata exists but internal modules are missing.

generic

中文

pip 安装已损坏或被部分删除，通常发生在手动卸载或 pip 升级失败之后。pip 包的元数据存在，但内部模块丢失。

Workarounds

  1. 85% success 
    python -m ensurepip --upgrade && python -m pip install --upgrade pip
  2. 90% success 
    curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py && python get-pip.py --force-reinstall

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 90% fail

    pip itself is broken, so invoking pip fails before it can reinstall itself.

  2. 40% fail

    System package may install a different pip version incompatible with the current virtualenv or Python interpreter.