ImportError: cannot import name 'sysconfig' #5356
Description
- Pip version:
- Python version: Python 3.6.5
- Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Description:
This is my first time to install pip in my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS that I have just installed for serveral days. After using "curl" command to download the "get-pip.py" file and running the command "python3 get-pip.py", I got the error message. The error message is following.
What I've run:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py
The error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "get-pip.py", line 20649, in <module>
main()
File "get-pip.py", line 197, in main
bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
import pip._internal
File "/tmp/tmpaa4p6j0e/pip.zip/pip/_internal/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
File "/tmp/tmpaa4p6j0e/pip.zip/pip/_internal/cmdoptions.py", line 16, in <module>
File "/tmp/tmpaa4p6j0e/pip.zip/pip/_internal/index.py", line 25, in <module>
File "/tmp/tmpaa4p6j0e/pip.zip/pip/_internal/download.py", line 35, in <module>
File "/tmp/tmpaa4p6j0e/pip.zip/pip/_internal/locations.py", line 10, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'sysconfig'