Python pip broken after OS X 10.8 upgrade

Question

Made the upgrade to Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and get now the following error when trying to call $ pip:

Traceback (most recent call last):
         


        

Answer 1

I changed the permissions for Python folder (from root to my user), and now everything work for me:

sudo chown -R <your_user>:wheel /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/

Not recommended for machines with multiple users.

Answer 2

This works for me

rm -f /usr/local/bin/easy_install
brew reinstall python
pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install --upgrade pip

Answer 3

Use easy_install to update your pip to the latest version:

sudo easy_install -U pip

Also make sure you have the lastest XCode installed (ver 4.4) with Command Line Tools.

Answer 4

I fixed this by reinstalling python with homebrew: brew install python