The 'pip==7.1.0' distribution was not found and is required by the application

Question

I have the latest version of pip 8.1.1 on my ubuntu 16. But I am not able to install any modules via pip as I get this error all the time.

File \"/usr/local/         


        

Answer 1

I did not manage to get it to work by using easy_install pip or updating the pip configuration file /usr/local/bin/pip.

Instead, I removed pip and installed the distribution required by the conf file:

Uninstalling pip:

$ sudo apt purge python-pip or $ sudo yum remove python-pip

Reinstalling required distribution of pip (change the distribution accordingly):

$ sudo easy_install pip==9.0.3