Error after upgrading pip: cannot import name 'main'

Python

Whenever I am trying to install any package using pip, I am getting this import error:

guru@guru-notebook:~$ pip3 install numpy

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/pip3", line 9, in <module>

from pip import main

ImportError: cannot import name 'main'

guru@guru-notebook:~$ cat `which pip3`

#!/usr/bin/python3

# GENERATED BY DEBIAN

import sys

# Run the main entry point, similarly to how setuptools does it, but because

# we didn't install the actual entry point from setup.py, don't use the

# pkg_resources API.

from pip import main

if __name__ == '__main__':

     sys.exit(main())

It was working fine earlier, I am not sure why it is throwing this error. I have searched about this error, but can't find anything to fix it.

Please let me know if you need any further detail, I will update my question.

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Aug 4th, 2020 By: Tabres

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You might have upgraded pip in your system using the pip install command. You should use a virtualenv instead of upgrading pip. Recover the pip3 binary by the following command,



sudo python3 -m pip uninstall pip && sudo apt install python3-pip --reinstall


 

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