Unable to find resource t64.exe in package pip._vendor.distlib

[randalhucker]

Description

When running "python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip", on python 3.11.1 I get the value error: Unable to find resource t64.exe in package pip._vendor.distlib.

Expected behavior

Pip should be updated to the most recent version available.

pip version

22.3.1

Python version

3.11.1

OS

Windows 10 Pro 22H2

How to Reproduce

• open CMD w/ admin privileges
• attempt to run "python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip"

Output

Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\users\randa\appdata\roaming\python\python311\site-packages (22.3.1)
Collecting pip
Using cached pip-23.0-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
Attempting uninstall: pip
Found existing installation: pip 22.3.1
Uninstalling pip-22.3.1:
Successfully uninstalled pip-22.3.1
Rolling back uninstall of pip
Moving to c:\users\randa\appdata\roaming\python\python311\scripts
from C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311~cripts
Moving to c:\users\randa\appdata\roaming\python\python311\site-packages\pip-22.3.1.dist-info
from C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages~ip-22.3.1.dist-info
Moving to c:\users\randa\appdata\roaming\python\python311\site-packages\pip
from C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages~ip
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 160, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 247, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\commands\install.py", line 494, in run
installed = install_given_reqs(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\req_init_.py", line 73, in install_given_reqs
requirement.install(
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\req\req_install.py", line 792, in install
install_wheel(
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\install\wheel.py", line 729, in install_wheel
_install_wheel(
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\install\wheel.py", line 646, in _install_wheel
generated_console_scripts = maker.make_multiple(scripts_to_generate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_vendor\distlib\scripts.py", line 436, in make_multiple
filenames.extend(self.make(specification, options))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\install\wheel.py", line 427, in make
return super().make(specification, options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_vendor\distlib\scripts.py", line 425, in make
self._make_script(entry, filenames, options=options)
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_vendor\distlib\scripts.py", line 325, in _make_script
self._write_script(scriptnames, shebang, script, filenames, ext)
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_vendor\distlib\scripts.py", line 249, in _write_script
launcher = self._get_launcher('t')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\randa\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\pip_vendor\distlib\scripts.py", line 404, in _get_launcher
raise ValueError(msg)
ValueError: Unable to find resource t64.exe in package pip._vendor.distlib

[notice] A new release of pip available: 22.3.1 -> 23.0
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

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[caseybasichis]

Same issue here.

[SnoopJ]

I believe this is the same issue as #11349

[Fohsap]

This was solved on my side by running these commands:

python -m uninstall pip

And then it might work!

python -m pip install --upgrade

KEEP READING!!!

But if not, then you need to run the uninstaller again and again, repeatedly, until all versions (or at least only one version) are uninstalled.

python -m uninstall pip
python -m uninstall pip
python -m uninstall pip

KEEP READING!!!

This error seems to occur because the updater uninstalls pip and then tries to install it, but if there are two versions in the path, it thinks that the uninstallation did not succeed, and it undoes everything (reverting the uninstalled version back to its directory). So no matter how many times you try to update, it fails and fails.

If you only have one version of pip, you can just run the update command; otherwise, you need to get get-pip: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and save it and run this command:

py get-pip.py

ALSO:
Prior to doing this, I uninstalled all versions of python and reinstalled the latest version.... and that failed to resolve the problem! But it may have contributed to the success, so you might have to do that.

ALSO:
I got this error when trying to upgrade yt-dlp, and here is that command, for convenience:
pip install --upgrated yt-dlp

[pradyunsg]

Closing as a duplicate of #11349