Error while upgrading pip ERROR Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError Error 5 Access is denied

Question

Hey Folks, I received the following warning message:

WARNING: You are using pip version 19.1.1, however version 19.2.3 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

I tried upgrading the pip version with the above-mentioned command:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

I got the following error:

DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop
support for Python 2.7.
Collecting pip
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/30/db/9e38760b32e3e7f40cce46dd5fb107b8c73840df38f0046d8e6514e675a1/pip-19.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.4MB)
     |UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU| 1.4MB 437kB/s
Installing collected packages: pip
  Found existing installation: pip 19.1.1
    Uninstalling pip-19.1.1:
      Successfully uninstalled pip-19.1.1
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\users\\kalgi_~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-uninstall-qnu6j7\\pip.exe'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

Answer 1

As mentioned in the error logs, try using the --user flag to make sure you have the right permissions.

python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip

This should work!

Read this Could not install packages due to an OSError #19306?

Comments

super thank you sir,

its works.

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Please do upvote Jason's answer if it has helpde you!

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thank u soo much for that

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thanks dude ! very much appreciated

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It is  showing as E:\Python 3.8\python.exe: No module named pip

What should I do?

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Hello @ Hritik,

Just be sure that you have include python to windows PATH variable, then run:

python -m ensurepip