Pip "unsupported hash type" errors after installing Python

[jasford]

brew doctor

jason@localhost:~$ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

brew --config

jason@localhost:~$ brew --config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.5
ORIGIN: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git
HEAD: 4ecef35fedebb2195e2ceaba052f064e03b7442e
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
CPU: 8-core 64-bit ivybridge
OS X: 10.8.4-x86_64
Xcode: 4.6.3
CLT: 4.6.0.0.1.1358221012
LLVM-GCC: build 2336
Clang: 4.2 build 425
X11: 2.7.4 => /opt/X11
System Ruby: 1.8.7-358
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/bin/python
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby

brew install -v python 2>&1

view the gist

Now, try to use pip

jason@localhost:~$ pip
ERROR:root:code for hash md5 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in __get_openssl_constructor
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type md5
ERROR:root:code for hash sha1 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in __get_openssl_constructor
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha1
ERROR:root:code for hash sha224 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in __get_openssl_constructor
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha224
ERROR:root:code for hash sha256 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in __get_openssl_constructor
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha256
ERROR:root:code for hash sha384 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in __get_openssl_constructor
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha384
ERROR:root:code for hash sha512 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in __get_openssl_constructor
    return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha512

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[jasford]

Oddly enough, after I restarted my Terminal window, pip is now working just fine. Perhaps the formula should be updated to reset whatever needs to be reset without requiring a new terminal session? Or it could give instructions to restart your Terminal session before using it? Or maybe my experience was just a fluke.

[jasford]

Never mind. My window was just too small to see the errors. They were scrolling up off the window where I could not see them.

So it turns out that, while pip seems to be working fine for me, it is still showing the unsupported hash type errors above.

[adamv]

I don't remember was this was the last time we saw it; something to do with openssl possibly.

[jasford]

I ended up uninstalling Python 2 and 3 via homebrew, using the Python 2 that comes with OSX, installing pip via easy_install, and installing Python 3 from http://www.python.org/getit/

That solved the problem for me, but doesn't really explain what happened with my homebrew install. I'm willing to close the ticket as some sort of configuration fluke, but happy to help if there is any testing I can do on my system to make homebrew better.

[adamv]

If I knew what to ask for to help diagnose this I would; thanks for the offer.

We do have a similar case somewhere in the closed issues...but they're hard to search. Or at least emotionally hard to search.

[hartsold]

I'm having the same problem. I found another issue (#21329) that looks related. I followed the instructions on that issue. To wit:

1.brew (re)install openssl
2. brew (re)install python --with-brewed-openssl

But I still get the same error. This output is from near the end of the output ofbrew reinstall -vd python --with-brewed-openssl, but it's the same thing I get trying to run pip:

Building './IDLE.app'
Copying files
Done.
make[2]: [install] Error 1 (ignored)
ERROR:root:code for hash sha224 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha224
ERROR:root:code for hash sha256 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha256
ERROR:root:code for hash sha384 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha384
ERROR:root:code for hash sha512 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha512
ERROR:root:code for hash sha224 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha224
ERROR:root:code for hash sha256 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha256
ERROR:root:code for hash sha384 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha384
ERROR:root:code for hash sha512 was not found.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
    globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in __get_builtin_constructor
    raise ValueError('unsupported hash type ' + name)
ValueError: unsupported hash type sha512

[jasford]

@hartsold I ended up deciding it was easier to install Python using the downloadable versions from here: http://www.python.org/getit/ – and while I'd like to have used homebrew to manage Python, I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out this issue. Once I went with the direct install (I used the version that came with my Mac for Python 2, and the downloaded installer for Python 3), everything was working again and I slowly regained sanity.

[hartsold]

I went the same route. Just figured I'd add to the post so folks would know this wasn't a one-off.

[dperetti]

Have a look at /usr/lib/libssl.dylib and /usr/lib/libcrypto.dylib. They should point to libssl.0.9.8.dylib and libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib respectively. Mine were pointing to some 1.0.0 version that I had linked myself manually like two years ago in order to get some pgsl lib to work at that time.

[mihgen]

Following fixed issue for me:

brew install openssl
brew link openssl --force
brew uninstall python
brew install python --with-brewed-openssl

[dandeyagna]

This solved the issue. Thanks mihgen

[joneddy]

Same issue on Mavericks and mihgen's solution worked. Thanks.

[edglazer]

@mihgen solution worked for me on 10.9.2 as well. If its worth noting, openssl had already been installed in my case, which gave this this warning on step 1:

Warning: openssl-1.0.1f already installed

And following commands 2-4 worked and resulted in functional pip. pip pip, hooray!

[rebeling]

thanks @mihgen

[with-a-k]

The solution provided by @mihgen didn't work for me... I suppose that's probably because I used --build-from-source when installing python, but I need to do that.

EDIT: it turns out I didn't and ignoring someone else's advice was the right thing to do here.

[fredrikbonander]

@mihgen's trick didn't work on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 Beta 2.

[victorquinn]

@fredrikbonander I'm having the same problem with 10.10 Beta 2 and haven't found a solution yet. Will update if I do!

[dakcarto]

@AweStriker @fredrikbonander @victorquinn

I ran into this hashlib issue yesterday (see above referenced PR). Changes have been applied to Homebrew CLT-checking code. Please do brew update and try again.

Not sure what was causing same issue, but with different CLT setup, e.g. XCode 4.6.x, as originally reported.

[toddlers]

@mihgen saved the day man !!
Thanks a lot :)

[fredrikbonander]

@dakcarto Thanks it worked!

[DomT4]

Is there not a cleaner solution than brew link openssl --force? I'd be really uncomfortable recommending that to folks. If anything ever happened to your Brew installation, your OS X would be flat left without any installed OpenSSL on the system. (And it's worth noting, the reason Homebrew tries to stay away from the --force command is because it can cause system issues).

[dakcarto]

@DomT4 I think the above noted PR and upstream commit fixes the issue, at least where it was caused by the current CLTools not being recognized.

If the problem still persists, then it is worth noting, for debugging purposes, that the symptoms are indicative of MacOS::CLT.installed? returning false in the python formula.

[KanwalPrakashSingh]

@mihgen
saved a of time man :)
thanks