I think i have messed up some python files when installing some packages in a requirement.txt file
now i get these errors when trying to install or uninstall anything:
for example when trying to uninstall matplotlib without sudo using pip3 uninstall matplotlib (even tho i never had to use sudo to uninstall anything before) :
Found existing installation: matplotlib 3.3.1
Uninstalling matplotlib-3.3.1:
Would remove:
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/matplotlib-3.3.1-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg
Proceed (y/n)? y
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 788, in move
os.rename(src, real_dst)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/matplotlib-3.3.1-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg' -> '/tmp/pip-uninstall-nw393b36'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 228, in _main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/uninstall.py", line 89, in run
uninstall_pathset = req.uninstall(
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py", line 686, in uninstall
uninstalled_pathset.remove(auto_confirm, verbose)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_uninstall.py", line 394, in remove
moved.stash(path)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_uninstall.py", line 283, in stash
renames(path, new_path)
File "/home/john/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 352, in renames
shutil.move(old, new)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 800, in move
rmtree(src)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 715, in rmtree
_rmtree_safe_fd(fd, path, onerror)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 672, in _rmtree_safe_fd
onerror(os.unlink, fullname, sys.exc_info())
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 670, in _rmtree_safe_fd
os.unlink(entry.name, dir_fd=topfd)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'pylab.py'
When trying with sudo :
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 209, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/commands/uninstall.py", line 46, in run
with self._build_session(options) as session:
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 66, in _build_session
session = PipSession(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 321, in __init__
self.headers["User-Agent"] = user_agent()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 93, in user_agent
zip(["name", "version", "id"], platform.linux_distribution()),
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/pip3", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('pip==20.3.dev0', 'console_scripts', 'pip3')())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 217, in main
return command.main(cmd_args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 242, in main
with self._build_session(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 66, in _build_session
session = PipSession(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 321, in __init__
self.headers["User-Agent"] = user_agent()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 93, in user_agent
zip(["name", "version", "id"], platform.linux_distribution()),
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'
How can i fix this? i am using ubuntu 20.04 and i heard uninstalling python3.8 is a big no no since many system files use it, so what should i do?
tried many suggestion on similar questions like this and it didn't work:
