zipimport.ZipImportError

[andy15703166]

When I run the command "python get-pip.py",It alerts that as below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "../get-pip.py", line 17474, in <module>
    main()
  File "../get-pip.py", line 17466, in main
    bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
  File "../get-pip.py", line 17406, in bootstrap
    import pip
zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available

How to do that?Thank you!

[pfmoore]

Looks like your Python was built without zip support. Presumably it's a custom build? You need that support for get-pip to work.

[andy15703166]

Yeah,my python is customly builded.
How to make it zip supported?

[andy15703166]

Thank you,
I have made it!

[pfmoore]

As I guess you found out (just mentioning it here in case anyone later finds this issue when searching) you just need the relevant libraries available when building Python (I think it's just zlib, but I'm not completely sure on that)

[andy15703166]

Yeah, you guess is right!
I post the method here how I get make this problem.Is it OK?

[andy15703166]

1.Install the zlib the newest version
2.Then complie python again and run a line ./configure --prefix=/root/Python-2.7.8 --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib

[pfmoore]

Fantastic, many thanks.

[Luis-Palacios]

can you elaborate more the solution? i am facing the same problem and when trying the command ./configure --prefix=/root/Python-2.7.8 --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib i get unrecognized command --with-lib-dir

[hrdcore0x1]

I'm also getting the unrecognized command --with-lib-dir. Is there a workaround?

[Ivoz]

@hrdcore0x1 maybe you want --with-libs instead of --with-lib-dir

Make sure you have zlib (+development headers) package installed.

[hrdcore0x1]

Thank you, I got it working!
On Sep 27, 2015 3:17 PM, "Matt Iversen" [email protected] wrote:

@hrdcore0x1 https://github.com/hrdcore0x1 maybe you want --with-zlib-dir
instead of --with-lib-dir

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[NivaldoTeixeira]

Where am I supposed to run the ./configure command? I keep getting "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory"

[Ivoz]

@NivaldoTeixeira directly inside the unzipped python sources folder. This is if you are building your python executable / installation from scratch. https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/configure is the file in SCM.

[xiaoliwe]

hi andy , i got error msessage

[root@WE ~]# python get-pip.py 
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /usr/python3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages
[root@WE ~]# cd /usr/python3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages
[root@WE site-packages]# ls -l
total 44
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  126 Apr  8 08:07 easy_install.py
drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:07 _markerlib
drwxr-xr-x. 11 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:12 pip
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:12 pip-8.1.1.dist-info
drwxr-xr-x.  4 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:07 pkg_resources
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:07 __pycache__
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  119 Apr  8 08:07 README
drwxr-xr-x.  4 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:07 setuptools
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:07 setuptools-18.2.dist-info
drwxr-xr-x.  6 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:12 wheel
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root 4096 Apr  8 08:12 wheel-0.29.0.dist-info
[root@WE site-packages]# pip -V
**-bash: pip: command not found**
[root@WE site-packages]# 

so , what's up ? i think that pip have already installed .

thanks a lot.

[Ivoz]

@winecos try python -m pip show -f pip

It will list all the files installed for pip, provided python can indeed find it. python -m pip is an alternate way of invoking pip, by the way. In that listing of files, likely at the top, you should be able to find listings of where pip's binaries are installed. Maybe they are somewhere that is not on your bash's PATH.

[jcmdln]

To confirm that pip is in your path, you may also use which pip to
show where it's installed/referenced.

On Friday, April 8, 2016, Matt Iversen [email protected] wrote:

@winecos https://github.com/WinEcos try python -m pip show -f pip

It will list all the files installed for pip, provided python can indeed
find it. python -m pip is an alternate way of invoking pip, by the way.
In that listing of files, likely at the top, you should be able to find
listings of where pip's binaries are installed. Maybe they are somewhere
that is not on your bash's PATH.

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[leo0113]

In the python source folder
./configure --prefix= --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib
and
make && make install
Should be OK

[alanyee]

$ ./configure --prefix= --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-zlib-dir

For me, it doesn't work.

[pr0head]

@alanyee i have the same problem
This work for me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12344970/building-python-from-source-with-zlib-support

[cell13]

The error: zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available
I meet the same problem while using the command "python get-pip.py".
python: 2.7.12
os: Centos 6.5

1. I think that I must lose the module zlib. So, I using the command "yum install zlib-devel". I try the command "python get-pip.py" again. The problem is still be there.
2. I try reinstall python again.
3. I try the command "python get-pip.py" again. The problem is solved.
   thanks all !

[ljgww]

@andy15703166
"1.Install the zlib the newest version"
How to do this?

also

$ ./configure --prefix= --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-zlib-dir

btw

$ sudo yum install zlib
Loaded plugins: ulninfo
Setting up Install Process
Package zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.i686 already installed and latest version 
Nothing to do

What worked for me (@ vagrant oel65-i386-plain) was (not completely but at least killed zlib issue) was:

sudo yum install zlib-devel
./configure
make
sudo make install

python2.7 get-pip.py does not complain about zlib not being there (it complains now about SSL but that is not this story)

[justinsousa]

^^ second that. zlib was installed but I got the above error when building pip. installing the devel package resolved the issue on RHEL 7

[tuanluu-agilityio]

You can follow here. It work fine for me.

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