Pip: Pip AttributeError

[Aarushi-Ign]

pip -h works but whenever i try installing a module like pip install xyz, this happens:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\Scripts\pip-script.py", line 9, in
load_entry_point('pip==7.1.2', 'console_scripts', 'pip')()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip-7.1.2-py2.7.egg\pip__init__.py", line 217, in main
return command.main(cmd_args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip-7.1.2-py2.7.egg\pip\basecommand.py", line 182, in main
for name in ["pip._vendor", "distlib", "requests", "urllib3"]
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip-7.1.2-py2.7.egg\pip\compat\dictconfig.py", line 565, in dictConfig
dictConfigClass(config).configure()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip-7.1.2-py2.7.egg\pip\compat\dictconfig.py", line 332, in configure
del logging._handlerList[:]
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_handlerList'

Why is this happening and any solutions?

[dstufft]

This is Python 2.7? That's confusing... that shouldn't be used on Python 2.7. What happens if you open up Python and run:

from logging.config import dictConfig as logging_dictConfig

[Aarushi-Ign]

@dstufft It gives the following error:

from logging.config import dictConfig as logging_dictConfig
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
ImportError: cannot import name dictConfig

[dstufft]

This is Python 2.7 right?

[Aarushi-Ign]

ya 2.7.6 to be exact

[dstufft]

It seems like your Python installation is messed up. That's part of the standard library, see https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.config.html#logging.config.dictConfig

[Aarushi-Ign]

Great. I am gonna reinstall logging module again for 2.7 version

[Aarushi-Ign]

@dstufft Pip is not working so i tried easy_install -m logging which doesn't work because it doesn't delete anything. So I deleted logging-0.4.9.6-py2.7.egg present in site-packages and tried installing logging by easy_install-2.7 logging and it installed the same version that is 0.4.9.6

But this command still doesn't work
from logging.config import dictConfig as logging_dictConfig

[pfmoore]

@Aarushi-Ign You shouldn't have _any_ logging-0.4.9.6, or easy_install logging. The logging module is part of the standard library. What seems to be happening is that your 3rd-party logging module is overriding the stdlib version (that's a fault of easy_install, which puts 3rd party modules _ahead_ of the standard library in PYTHONPATH).

Try uninstalling all 3rd party logging modules, and that should fix your issue.

[Aarushi-Ign]

@pfmoore It worked. I just deleted the logging-0.4.9.6-py2.7.egg folder and pip worked.
Thank you so much.

[shahshalin91]

I am having the same issue in Mac OS X with all the same errors as Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 9, in
load_entry_point('pip==9.0.1', 'console_scripts', 'pip')()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/__init__.py", line 233, in main
return command.main(cmd_args)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 185, in main
for name in ["pip._vendor", "distlib", "requests", "urllib3"]
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/compat/dictconfig.py", line 565, in dictConfig
dictConfigClass(config).configure()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/compat/dictconfig.py", line 332, in configure
del logging._handlerList[:]
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_handlerList'

I also searched that there is no other logging installed, is there any other way I can get pip working?

[mecampbellsoup]

+1 to @shahshalin91 comment

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