Public bug reported: When invoking "pip" on the command line, it immediately fails with:
$ pip Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 5, in <module> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2676, in <module> parse_requirements(__requires__), Environment() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 552, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: pip==0.8.2 Looking at the source, PIP is trying to use a load entry point that expects the version of PIP to be 0.8.2. With it versioned as 1.0-1, the script internals through a VersionConflict error and immediately terminates the script. Following is the my work to determine what's causing the issue: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ python Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09) [GCC 4.6.1] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point >>> help(load_entry_point) >>> load_entry_point('pip==0.8.2', 'console_scripts', 'pip') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 305, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 298, in get_distribution if isinstance(dist,Requirement): dist = get_provider(dist) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 177, in get_provider return working_set.find(moduleOrReq) or require(str(moduleOrReq))[0] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 442, in find raise VersionConflict(dist,req) # XXX add more info pkg_resources.VersionConflict: (pip 1.0 (/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages), Requirement.parse('pip==0.8.2')) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: python-pip 1.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 14 09:28:04 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: python-pip UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago) ** Affects: python-pip (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874417 Title: pip command line fails immediately - can't use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/874417/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs