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Prophet_Of_Spoof
Prophet_Of_Spoof

Reputation: 133

pip is a package and cannot be directly executed

Im trying to install google assistant on my Raspberry Pi, but when I keep getting an error: pip is a package and cannot be directly executed

Upvotes: 4

Views: 35855

Answers (4)

sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio
sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio

Reputation: 15611

I had the same problem. I think it was an outcome of a failed

> .\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

do to some environment misconfiguration. So it first removed the existing version 10.0.1, and then the installation of the new version 22.3.1 failed, leaving me with no pip.

From official documentation, I ran

> .\python.exe -m ensurepip --upgrade

which restored the original pip 10.0.1. Then I fixed the environment problem, and then again

> .\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

I now have pip 22.3.1.

Upvotes: 0

Bhojendra Rauniyar
Bhojendra Rauniyar

Reputation: 85575

For newer version ie. using pip3:

pip3 install -U <<package name>>

Upvotes: 0

Laurent LAPORTE
Laurent LAPORTE

Reputation: 22992

I think your version of pip is old. You need to upgrade it first, like this:

pip install -U pip

You may need to upgrade setuptools too:

pip install -U setuptools

Since google-assistant-library is available as a wheel, you need to install wheel too:

pip install wheel

I don't know if you can do that with Raspberry Pi, but I recommend you to used a virtualenv. That way, you have a fresh and isolated Python executable and a recent version of pip.

virtualenv your_proj
source your_proj/bin/activate
pip install wheel
pip install google-assistant-library

Upvotes: 1

Berserker
Berserker

Reputation: 1112

Instead of 

pip [...]

Try doing

python -m pip [...]

Can't really help more without more info.

Upvotes: 1

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