Getting AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableMapping' while using any pip3 command on linux Python 3.10

Question

Hey I have installed latest python 3.10 and pip3 on my linux (Zorin os lite 15.3 X64) machine but whenever I try to use any pip3 command I get following error For example I use the command:

pip3 freeze

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pip3", line 9, in <module>
    from pip import main
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from pip._vendor.requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import DependencyWarning
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 73, in <module>
    vendored("pkg_resources")
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 33, in vendored
    __import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), level=0)
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 77, in <module>
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/requirements.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 672, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 632, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/extern/__init__.py", line 43, in load_module
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/_vendor/pyparsing.py", line 943, in <module>
AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableMapping'

This was working fine with python 3.9 but when I updated to 3.10 I started getting this error. How can I solve this?

Mesocratic

Were you able to finally resolve this for yourself? Updating Python to 3.10.1 did not help. – Cardoon

No, I switched back to version 3.9 – Mesocratic

Please see update below - I think we have a solution (or at least a workaround). – Cardoon

Answer 1

The problem is caused by an old version of pyparsing that has been vendored into pkg_resources, which is now part of setuptools.

I think if you install an updated setuptools, things will run better:

python -m pip install -U setuptools

EDIT - After installing my own version of 3.10.1 on Ubuntu 18.04, I am having this same issue. And the broken pkg_resources is preventing doing any updates, so your classic Catch-22. To begin chasing down a resolution, I've submitted a ticket on the setuptools Github repo.

EDIT2 - Based on aid on the setuptools GitHub repo, I did the following steps:

# add deadsnake repo (default or nightly)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt install python3.10
git clone https://github.com/pypa/setuptools.git && cd setuptools && sudo python3.10 setup.py install
sudo apt install python3.10-distutils
curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10
sudo apt install python3.10-venv

At this point, I am able to run pip in Python3.10, and create venvs using python3.10 -m venv virtualenv-dir.

Cardoon

Did this work for anyone? I am using python 3.10 installed via pyenv, and it did not work for me. I am also using pipenv in my enviroment if that makes a difference. – Originative

pkg_resources imports packaging, which imports pyparsing. The pyparsing 3.0.5 release included breaking API changes, which were refactored back in in pyparsing 3.0.6. If still not working after updating to pyparsing 3.0.6, please post an issue on pyparsing's GitHub. – Cardoon

Packaging 21.3 just got pushed to pypi, compatible with the latest pyparsing, so I think these issues should all be sorted if upgrade to latest of both packages. – Cardoon

@AugustineCalvino - I am seeing this issue now on Ubuntu, working on it. Were you able to resolve? – Cardoon

No, I was not able to resolve this - I ended up switching to Poetry for this and a few other reasons. – Originative

It work for my case. Ubuntu 16.04 and python3.10. – Retriever

Solves the error for python3.10 on Ubuntu18 – Friedly

solve the error after updating python3.6 to python3.10 on bionic – Damales

This worked for me under WSL Ubuntu-18.04 . – Sissified

Answer 2

update pip using code bellow

curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3.10

Trimble

You may need to do: sudo apt-get install python3.10-distutils if you get the error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.cmd' – Expound

Answer 3

"Do not install pipenv from apt, it's way too old. Install from pypi." source: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/issues/5469

This solve it for me:

sudo apt remove pipenv
pip install pipenv

Unfortunately pipenvdidn't worked out of the box in this console. I had to use:

python -m pipenv

Or simply start a new terminal session.

Agle

Answer 4

I can try to fix it with pip install request --upgrade

Danby

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Answer 5

On Linux mint

sudo apt remove pipenv
pip3 install pipenv

or

sudo apt install pipenv

Bussy

Answer 6

Update pip...collections.MutableMapping has become collections.abc.MutableMapping.

Armhole

Actually you want to update python wheel. If you run into any other issues, the first thing to do is to update to the latest package versions from pypi. – Armhole

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