🔒 cant detect pip

[lost flare]

so im on win 10 and when i do pip it just shows error. i already sis ensure pip , repairing using installer still nothing

[remote stirrup]

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[plush spade]

Could you try running python -m pip list?
The error suggests it's the .exe version of pip only, so I want to test if running it as module via python.exe works

[digital mason]

!title No module named pip._internal.cli

[remote stirrup]

No module named pip._internal.cli

[digital mason]

pip is detected

It's something inside it that's broken

[lost flare]

how do i check whats broken

[plush spade]

by reading the error - pip as command runs, it's python that later throws the error

do you need 3.8? it's quite old. if you don't need 3.8 specifically, I'd say to just uninstall 3.8 and install a newer python version

[lost flare]

if i uninstall python through settings will that get rid of everything? including packages

[void oracle]

try redownloading pip

which is compatible with your python version

[lost flare]

i already did the ensure pip thing

[copper sigil]

What did you run and what did it show?

[lost flare]

scroll up

[copper sigil]

I don't see any ensurepip

[lost flare]

its in my original post i just dont have the screenshot at that time

i did it way before like last week

[void oracle]

maybe you messed up with pip files or the download was incomplete

uninstall manually and reinstall maybe

[lost flare]

maybe i couldnt remember

[void oracle]

because some modules are missing which shouldn't happen

[lost flare]

ye

[copper sigil]

Run it again and show what output you get

[lost flare]

let me just check how to do it again

[lost flare]

here it is

[bronze thorn]

try python -m pip uninstall pip and then running ensurepip again

[plush spade]

If pip cli doesn't work, then pip cli's uninstall probably won't work either...

[lost flare]

same pip cli error as before

[bronze thorn]

you have a point

ok, how about nuking pip altogether then

from Scripts and site-packages both

then running ensurepip

[lost flare]

ill leave that as a last option lol

[bronze thorn]

do you have other alternatives then?

[lost flare]

i think i deleted the pip already in my earlier tries

and tried ensurepip

still nothing

[bronze thorn]

well could you do what I asked, and see how that goes?

[lost flare]

i already told you i did

i did it in my earlier attempt which was lat week

[bronze thorn]

how exactly did you remove it?

what did you delete?

[lost flare]

just cut paste different area

[bronze thorn]

???

[void oracle]

manually remove pip then reinstall

like delete it from file explorer

[lost flare]

where is pip

if you mean on the site-package and script then i already did that

[bronze thorn]

I'd like to make sure you're deleting everything

so if you still want help, please describe which files you're deleting and from where

[void oracle]

and it still shows this error?

[lost flare]

yes

[lost flare]

i delete pip only not everything in the folder

ill try uninstalling the python from settings

should i install my old 3.8 or the latest one

[void oracle]

if you are reinstalling then do the laest one

[bronze thorn]

by "everything" I meant all pip .exes, the site-packages/pip directory and also pip's .dist-info directory

[remote stirrup]

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