Unable to install Napalm-fortios module in my pycharm

Question

I'm learning network automation using python. I'm unable to install Napalm-fortios module in my pycharm because of the error as below.

Try to run this command from the system terminal. Make sure that you use the correct version of 'pip' installed for your Python interpreter located at 'C:\Users\user\PycharmProjects\DUKE\venv\Scripts\python.exe'.

Collecting napalm-fortios Using cached napalm-fortios-0.4.1.tar.gz (7.0 kB)

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
 command: 'C:\Users\user\PycharmProjects\DUKE\venv\Scripts\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pycharm-packaging\\napalm-fortios\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pycharm-packaging\\napalm-fortios\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\napalm-fortios\pip-egg-info'
     cwd: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\napalm-fortios\
Complete output (5 lines):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\napalm-fortios\setup.py", line 6, in <module>
    from pip.req import parse_requirements
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip.req'
----------------------------------------

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

Answer 1

Update PIP using below command,

pip install --upgrade pip

Command to install napalm-fortios package,

pip install napalm-fortios

Answer 2

You can try the below solution steps;

The Python "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip'" occurs when pip is not installed in our Python environment. To solve the error, install the module by running the python -m ensurepip --upgrade command on Linux or MacOS or py -m ensurepip --upgrade on Windows.

Open your terminal and run the following command to install pip.

On Linux or MacOS

python -m ensurepip --upgrade

using python 3

python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade

On Windows

py -m ensurepip --upgrade

The ensurepip package enables us to bootstrap the pip installer into an existing Python installation or virtual environment.

If the PATH for pip is not set up on your machine, replace pip with python3 -m pip:

make sure to use your version of Python, e.g. 3.10

python3 -m pip install requests

Alternatively, you can use the official get-pip script to install pip.

Download the script from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py by clicking on the link, right-clicking and selecting "Save as" in your browser.

Open your terminal in the location where the get-pip.py file is downloaded and run the following command.

On Linux or MacOS

python get-pip.py

using python 3

python3 get-pip.py

On Windows

py get-pip.py

The get-pip.py script uses bootstrapping logic to install pip.

If none of the suggestions helped, try to install pip with a command that's specific to your operating system.

On Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt update

sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip

On MacOS

brew install python

On Fedora / CentOS

sudo dnf install python3-pip python3-wheel

Try upgrading pip by running:

on MacOS or Linux

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

for Python 3

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

on Windows

py -m pip install --upgrade pip

If the error persists, get your Python version and make sure you are installing the package using the correct Python version.

python --version

For example, my Python version is 3.10.4, so I would install the requests package with pip3.10 install requests.

pip3.10 install requests

if you get permissions error

sudo pip3.10 install requests

Notice that the version number corresponds to the version of Python I'm using.

If that didn't help and you're using a virtual environment, try recreating it.

deactivate

deactivate

remove the old virtual environment folder

rm -rf venv

initialize a new virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv

activate on Unix or MacOS

source venv/bin/activate

activate on Windows (cmd.exe)

venv\Scripts\activate.bat

activate on Windows (PowerShell)

venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

install the modules in your requirements.txt file

pip install -r requirements.txt

Your virtual environment will use the version of Python that was used to create it.

This should work if your previous virtual environment didn't have pip installed for some reason.

If none of the suggestions helped on a Windows machine, try installing pip from the directory where the pip.exe file is located.

First locate Python by running the following command using cmd:

for Windows

where python

or a specific version if you have multiple installed

where python3

Now open the Scripts folder and make sure it contains the pip.exe file.

Open your command prompt in the Scripts directory right next to the pip.exe file and run the following command.

pip install pip

py -m pip install --upgrade pip

If the error persists, I would suggest watching a quick video on how to set Python and pip in your PATH environment variable.

Ref. https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/python-no-module-named-pip