Upgrading python3.4 to python3.6 on ubuntu breaks pip

Question

I\'m attempting to install python3.6 on my machine after I currently have python3.4. However, after installation trying to run pip under python3.6 gives me the

Answer 1

I was having the same issue. It seems I had 2 versions of pkg_resources on my system.

/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py

Moving the old version so my system could find the newer version fixed it for me.

mv /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py.back