# No module named pip

# after: python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && pip install requests

- **ID:** `python/pip-venv-without-pip`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** install_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

The venv was created with --without-pip, or ensurepip is unavailable (Debian's python3-venv split package), so the new environment has no pip.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.x | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (95% success)
   ```
   python -m ensurepip --upgrade
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   ```
2. **** (97% success)
   ```
   sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip
rm -rf .venv
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install requests
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — pip is the thing that is missing; the command cannot run. (95% fail)
- **** — Mixes system and venv paths, leading to subtle import and shebang issues. (80% fail)