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Trouble using Python 3.8.3 pip on Windows 10
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I tried configuring Pywikibot on my local machine, having OS Windows 10 (version 2004).

  1. After successfully downloading and extracting the zipped file, I followed the installation commands from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Installation#Install_Pywikibot .
  1. The following commands were run in 'cmd'.
$ c:
$ cd "\Users\username\core-stable"
$ python pwb.py generate_user_files
  1. After running the last line, a request popped up which said:
The 'requests>=2.20.1; python_version >= "3.6"' distribution was not found and is required by the application

A package necessary for pywikibot is missing.
Please update required module with:


    pip install "requests>=2.20.1"
  1. After running pip install "requests>=2.20.1", an error popped up on the screen stating that:

The system cannot find the file specified.

It is very unclearly as to why the system says that it cannot find the file specified after running pip install "requests>=2.20.1".

Details:

python --version: Python 3.8.3
pywikibot version: whichever was in the package/pywikibot/core_stable.zip on 2021-04-02
OS: Windows 10
OS Version: 2004

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AnkitaxPriya created this task.Apr 2 2021, 5:16 PM
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AnkitaxPriya mentioned this in T278863: Synchronising Wikidata and Wikipedias using pywikibot - Task 2.Apr 2 2021, 5:18 PM
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This is for an Outreachy project, so is a bit urgent to fix please, but I'm not sure what the answer is.

Aminehassou subscribed.Apr 2 2021, 5:24 PM

Can you post a screenshot of the full error when running

pip install "requests>=2.20.1"
Legoktm added subscribers: Xqt, valhallasw, Legoktm.Apr 2 2021, 5:27 PM

cc'ing @Xqt and @valhallasw who I believe both use Windows for Pywikibot who might be able to help.

Legoktm unsubscribed.Apr 2 2021, 5:28 PM
AnkitaxPriya added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:31 PM
In T279162#6968516, @Aminehassou wrote:

Can you post a screenshot of the full error when running

pip install "requests>=2.20.1"

Here it is.

image.png (658×1 px, 88 KB)

NOTE: The first piwikibot I have mentioned is a directory I made to store core-stable.
Mike_Peel added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:34 PM

Ah, try "pip install requests" to see if that works.

Aminehassou added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:34 PM

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37220055/pip-fatal-error-in-launcher-unable-to-create-process-using
This seems to be the same error you are having, try the suggested fixes given by the answers.

AnkitaxPriya added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:35 PM
In T279162#6968563, @Mike_Peel wrote:

Ah, try "pip install requests" to see if that works.

Umm, no! The same error pops up.

Aminehassou added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:39 PM

If the other fixes don't work, try this fix as well:

To recover do the following:

Run CMD as admin
Do a 'python -m pip install -U --force pip' (this will fix your Pip installation)
Then close the CMD and open another admin CMD to make sure you get the PATH updates effectively
Do 'pip install -U --force requests'

Taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61278097/how-do-i-fix-pip

AnkitaxPriya added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:57 PM
In T279162#6968595, @Aminehassou wrote:

If the other fixes don't work, try this fix as well:

To recover do the following:

Run CMD as admin
Do a 'python -m pip install -U --force pip' (this will fix your Pip installation)
Then close the CMD and open another admin CMD to make sure you get the PATH updates effectively
Do 'pip install -U --force requests'

Taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61278097/how-do-i-fix-pip

pip install -U --force requests didn't run in admin cmd

Also, I tried to run the commands again after running python -m pip install -U --force pip but it didn't work. :(

Aminehassou added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 5:58 PM

What error did you get when running

pip install -U --force requests
AnkitaxPriya added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 6:04 PM
In T279162#6968658, @Aminehassou wrote:

What error did you get when running

pip install -U --force requests

Here it is.

image.png (117×1 px, 21 KB)

Aminehassou added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 6:11 PM

Make sure you're running the command line as administrator. If you are and it's still giving you an error, it might be an issue with your PATH variables. Try doing a fresh install of Python 3 through the official website https://www.python.org/downloads/
then trying again from scratch.

AnkitaxPriya added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 6:22 PM

Just installed the latest version of Python 3 and the commands are working. Thank you!

JJMC89 closed this task as Invalid.Apr 2 2021, 6:24 PM
JJMC89 removed a project: Pywikibot.
Aminehassou added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 6:24 PM

No problem. :)

JJMC89 renamed this task from Trouble in configuring Pywikibot on Windows 10 to Trouble using Python 3.8.3 pip on Windows 10.Apr 2 2021, 6:32 PM
Mike_Peel added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 6:48 PM

So in the end, this was an issue with Python 3.8.3 opposed to 3.9.3?

Xqt added a comment.Apr 2 2021, 6:57 PM
In T279162#6968837, @Mike_Peel wrote:

So in the end, this was an issue with Python 3.8.3 opposed to 3.9.3?

As I know Python 3.8.3 has problems with IDLE but this is new for me. CI for Pywikibot is also done with Python 3.8 and we didn't had such a problem; there was one in past with Python 3.5 and their very outdated pip.exe

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