File "<frozen runpy>", ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip' o Windows

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Original title was: Can't install pip on Windows Server 2019 Standard using Windows embeddable package for Python 3.12.4 Edited to: File "", ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip' o Windows to help finding it.

I'm using a Windows Server 2019 Standard with admin rights.

I had Python 3.11.0 portable under C:\Portable\python and I was using pip without problems.

I thought it was time to upgrade my Python environment, so I renamed C:\Portable\python to C:\Portable\python311, downloaded https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.4/python-3.12.4-embed-amd64.zip, and unzipped its content to a new C:\Portable\python folder.

I tried to use pip but pip where not installed on this portable version.

I ran curl -o C:\Portable\python\get-pip.py https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py to download get-pip.py

I ran: python get-pip.py and got:

Collecting pip
  Using cached pip-24.1.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.6 kB)
Collecting setuptools
  Using cached setuptools-70.3.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.8 kB)
Collecting wheel
  Using cached wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.2 kB)
Using cached pip-24.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (1.8 MB)
Using cached setuptools-70.3.0-py3-none-any.whl (931 kB)
Using cached wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl (65 kB)
Installing collected packages: wheel, setuptools, pip
Successfully installed pip-24.1.2 setuptools-70.3.0 wheel-0.43.0

Then I ran: python.exe -m pip --version and got: python.exe: No module named pip

If I go to C:\Portable\python\Scripts, I see these files:

pip.exe
pip3.12.exe
pip3.exe
wheel.exe

If I run C:\Portable\python\Scripts>pip I get this error:

C:\Portable\python\Scripts>pip
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Portable\python\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'

I tried using https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.4/python-3.12.4-embed-win32.zip instead of https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.4/python-3.12.4-embed-amd64.zip.

I don't want to use and 'installable' version on this machine.

If I delete C:\Portable\python folder and copy C:\Portable\python311 to it, then go to C:\Portable\python\Scripts, remove all files, and run python get-pip.py. pip is installed perfectly and works without problems.

To be honest, I don't remember where I got my Python 3.11.0 version.

So, what else can I do? Is the current python-3.12.4-embed-amd portable version not usable under Windows Server 2019 Standard? Do I need to take any additional steps before using it? Is there another portable version that comes with pip already working?

P.S.: I checked some very similar questions with the same problems, but they were either not solved or too old.

Answer 1

Fix

• Locate the problematic config file:

Find any Streamlit config files in your project

• Get-ChildItem -Path . -Recurse -Include *.toml

• Check/Remove corrupted config files:

Remove any existing Streamlit config files

• Remove-Item ~/.streamlit/config.toml -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Remove-Item ./config.toml -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Answer 2

All I had to do was edit the python312._pth file and add this line: Lib\site-packages, so the final content is:

python312.zip
Lib\site-packages
.

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