I encountered the same problem # pip list Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip", line 9, in <module> load_entry_point('pip==1.5.4', 'console_scripts', 'pip')() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 351, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2363, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2088, in load entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__']) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 11, in <module> from pip.vcs import git, mercurial, subversion, bazaar # noqa File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/vcs/mercurial.py", line 9, in <module> from pip.download import path_to_url File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 25, in <module> from requests.compat import IncompleteRead ImportError: cannot import name IncompleteRead
...and resolved it # easy_install -U pip Searching for pip Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Best match: pip 1.5.6 Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.6.tar.gz#md5=01026f87978932060cc86c1dc527903e Processing pip-1.5.6.tar.gz Writing /tmp/easy_install-u_hfjN/pip-1.5.6/setup.cfg Running pip-1.5.6/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-u_hfjN/pip-1.5.6/egg-dist-tmp-oG6xQ8 warning: no files found matching 'pip/cacert.pem' warning: no files found matching '*.html' under directory 'docs' warning: no previously-included files matching '*.rst' found under directory 'docs/_build' no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build/_sources' Adding pip 1.5.6 to easy-install.pth file Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin Installing pip2.7 script to /usr/local/bin Installing pip2 script to /usr/local/bin Installed /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg Processing dependencies for pip Finished processing dependencies for pip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306991 Title: pip stops with ImportError for request-Modul To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1306991/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs