Bug#1027927: pipx: cannot install python application

ChangZhuo Chen

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Jan 4, 2023, 12:32:15 PM1/4/23

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Package: pipx
Version: 1.0.0-1
Severity: important

Hi,

We have the following error when runuing install command "pipx install
httpie":

PIP STDOUT
----------

PIP STDERR
----------
/home/czchen/.local/pipx/venvs/httpie/bin/python: No module named pip

This makes pipx unusable.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.0.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages pipx depends on:
ii python3 3.11.1-1
ii python3-argcomplete 2.0.0-1
ii python3-importlib-metadata 4.12.0-1
ii python3-packaging 22.0-2
ii python3-userpath 1.8.0-1
ii python3-venv 3.11.1-1

Versions of packages pipx recommends:
ii fonts-font-awesome 5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1
ii libjs-bootstrap4 4.6.1+dfsg1-4
ii libjs-highlight.js 9.18.5+dfsg1-2
ii libjs-jquery 3.6.1+dfsg+~3.5.14-1
ii libjs-lunr 2.3.9~dfsg-2
ii mkdocs 1.4.2+dfsg-2

pipx suggests no packages.

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Tomas Janousek

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Jan 29, 2023, 3:10:05 PM1/29/23

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Hi,

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 01:19:58AM +0800, ChangZhuo Chen wrote:

We have the following error when runuing install command "pipx install
httpie":

[…]

/home/czchen/.local/pipx/venvs/httpie/bin/python: No module named pip

I ran into a similar issue now that python3.11 arrived as the default in testing, and wiping ~/.local/pipx helped. That's probably because pipx keeps a shared venv in ~/.local/pipx/shared but doesn't check whether that venv's python version matches the one you're currently using.

-- Tomáš "liskin" ("Pivník") Janoušek, https://lisk.in/

ChangZhuo Chen

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Jan 30, 2023, 9:30:11 AM1/30/23

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On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 07:56:09PM +0000, Tomas Janousek wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 01:19:58AM +0800, ChangZhuo Chen wrote:
> > We have the following error when runuing install command "pipx install
> > httpie":
> > […]
> > /home/czchen/.local/pipx/venvs/httpie/bin/python: No module named pip
>
> I ran into a similar issue now that python3.11 arrived as the default in
> testing, and wiping ~/.local/pipx helped. That's probably because pipx keeps
> a shared venv in ~/.local/pipx/shared but doesn't check whether that venv's
> python version matches the one you're currently using.

pipx works on my machine now, thanks for the tip. Maybe this information
shall be in NEWS so that user knows how to solve the problem by
themself.

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Stefano Rivera

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Oct 24, 2023, 6:10:05 AM10/24/23

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Version: 1.2.0-1

This should have been fixed in 1.2.0.

Stefano

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