'pip3 install ' returns error 'C:\Python34\python.exe: No module named pip'

Question

I am using Windows 10. I want to do some basic python web scraping, and I had just started using a tutorial to find out how. First step (in command prompt): pip3 install requests, and it returned an error saying that no module named pip was found (full error at end of post). I tried again with just pip, and then python3, but pip gave me no difference, and python3 did nothing. I have both 32 and 64 bit Python 3.8.3, and tried importing the package requests on both, but got a module-not-found error. I even re-installed Python, but still no luck. I have made sure both the pip directory and the python directory for 32-bit were in PATH, but it doesn't help. Finally, python -m pip install requests returned

C:\Python38\python.exe: No module named pip

Here is the full (original) error:

C:\Users\my_name>pip3 install requests
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\python34\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Python38\Scripts\pip3.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'

Using python3 instead of pip3 only returned a blank space, and did not download anything.

EDIT: Fix 1: Use easy_install instead of pip install. Not pretty, but it worked. Fix 2 (RECCOMENDED): simply do python -m ensurepip. I don't know why I forgot that existed. Sorry for wasting your time, helpful commenters! At least this is a new thing for worried programmers to find.

Refer [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32639074/why-am-i-getting-importerror-no-module-named-pip-right-after-installing-pip) for further clarification. Question seems to be duplicated. — SAL, Aug 03 '20 at 05:16
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Please also show the full error message for your attempt to use `python -m pip install requests`. Also show the full results for `py --version`, `python --version` and `pip3 --version`; and if possible, the Python-related portions of your PATH. — Karl Knechtel, Aug 03 '20 at 05:20

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '20 at 05:11

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You have to download python first from this link . Add python to system path and then you'll be good to go

answered Aug 03 '20 at 05:11

Priyanshu Jha

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I did that. I downloaded the most recent version and added both C:\Python38 and the other, main python directory to system PATH – Fuzzy Muffin Aug 03 '20 at 05:21
on cmd type python, if it takes you into python terminal then installation was successful otherwise you've to install it again – Priyanshu Jha Aug 03 '20 at 05:55
I already knew python was installed, because I could run python and run modules I had made. It wasn't a question of if python was installed, it was an issue with pip specifically. – Fuzzy Muffin Aug 03 '20 at 18:56

'pip3 install ' returns error 'C:\Python34\python.exe: No module named pip'

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