Pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available
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pip3 install pep8
pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Getting this error proved to be time consuming not just because a Python project often starts with pip (i.e. downloading libraries) but also because troubleshooting could take up so much time. In my case, I think this was brought about by fiddling with the installation of Bash on Ubuntu on Windows in my local machine.
But I guess the moral of the story is – sometimes in life you can just spend much of the day troubleshooting (or installing!), and that’s okay.
The solution is to install OpenSSL - if you don’t have one installed. Find out using
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openssl version
(If it is installed and working, you’ll need another workaround.)
After doing much “Google-fu”, here is the method that worked for me 2.
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mkdir /tmp
cd /tmp
wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz
tar -xvf openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.1.1a
./config --prefix=/usr/local/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
make
make install
Then re-install Python from source 3
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cd /tmp
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.2/Python-3.7.2.tgz #get the version that works for you
tar xzf Python-3.7.2.tgz
cd Python-3.7.2
./configure --enable-optimizations --with-openssl=/usr/local/openssl
make altinstall #if you have other versions of python installed use altinstall instead of install
Alternatively, if you have the source compiled already, clean it out first
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make clean
make distclean
Then, proceed with compilation and installation.
Test again
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pip3 install pep8