Using moviepy fails due to "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._internal.utils

[sheepog]

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/__main__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main as _main
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 11, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip._internal.build_env import get_runnable_pip
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/build_env.py", line 23, in <module>
    from pip._internal.utils.temp_dir import TempDirectory, tempdir_kinds
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._internal.utils.temp_dir'

Python 3.12.3
pip 25.1.1 from $HOME/.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip (python 3.12)

How do I solve this? Please advise.

This is the upgraded pip version.


(MyEnv) xxx:~$ python3 -m ensurepip
Looking in links: /tmp/tmpuzkodgeh
Requirement already satisfied: pip in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (25.1.1)

This command was used to install moviepy:

> xxx:~$ $HOME/.venvs/MyEnv/bin/python -m pip install moviepy SpeechRecognition pydub pysrt googletrans==4.0.0-rc1 gtts

[Larz60+]

try ( from command line ): python -m pip install --upgrade pip
then rerun your install.

[sheepog]

try ( from command line ): python -m pip install --upgrade pip
then rerun your install.

Yes, that corrected the problem. Thank you.

Output:
mel@Raccoonland:~$ python -m pip install --upgrade 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 "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/__main__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main as _main
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 11, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip._internal.build_env import get_runnable_pip
  File "/home/mel/.local/share/pipx/shared/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/build_env.py", line 23, in <module>
    from pip._internal.utils.temp_dir import TempDirectory, tempdir_kinds
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._internal.utils.temp_dir'
mel@Raccoonland:~$ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
    python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.
    
    If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
    create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
    Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
    sure you have python3-full installed.
    
    If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
    it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
    
    See /usr/share/doc/python3.12/README.venv for more information.

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
(MyEnv) mel@Raccoonland:~$ python -m pip install --upgrade pip
Requirement already satisfied: pip in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (25.1.1)
(MyEnv) mel@Raccoonland:~$ python -m pip uninstall moviepy
Found existing installation: moviepy 2.2.1
Uninstalling moviepy-2.2.1:
  Would remove:
    /home/mel/.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moviepy-2.2.1.dist-info/*
    /home/mel/.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moviepy/*
Proceed (Y/n)? Y
  Successfully uninstalled moviepy-2.2.1
(MyEnv) mel@Raccoonland:~$ python -m pip install moviepy
Collecting moviepy
  Using cached moviepy-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.9 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: decorator<6.0,>=4.0.2 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (5.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: imageio<3.0,>=2.5 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (2.37.0)
Requirement already satisfied: imageio_ffmpeg>=0.2.0 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (0.6.0)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.25.0 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (2.2.6)
Requirement already satisfied: proglog<=1.0.0 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (0.1.12)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dotenv>=0.10 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (1.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pillow<12.0,>=9.2.0 in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from moviepy) (11.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: tqdm in ./.venvs/MyEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from proglog<=1.0.0->moviepy) (4.67.1)
Using cached moviepy-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl (129 kB)
Installing collected packages: moviepy
Successfully installed moviepy-2.2.1