Why can't my pip update no matter how much I fiddle with it? ImportError was reported-CodePudding

When I use pip to download something, for example

pip install numpy

At this time, it will always show a notice reminding me that pip can be updated

[notice] A new release of pip available: 22.2.1 -> 22.3.1
[notice] To update, run: C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

When I entered the command it asked me to enter, the command prompt collecting pip, which then displayed a long list of information and exceptions

Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\users\MyName\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\site-packages (22.2.1)
Collecting pip
  Using cached pip-23.0-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
  Attempting uninstall: pip
    Found existing installation: pip 22.2.1
    Uninstalling pip-22.2.1:
      Successfully uninstalled pip-22.2.1
  Rolling back uninstall of pip
  Moving to c:\users\MyName\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\scripts\pip.exe
   from C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-uninstall-yaigaesv\pip.exe
  Moving to c:\users\MyName\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\scripts\pip3.9.exe
   from C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-uninstall-yaigaesv\pip3.9.exe
  Moving to c:\users\MyName\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\scripts\pip3.exe
   from C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-uninstall-yaigaesv\pip3.exe
  Moving to c:\users\MyName\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\site-packages\pip-22.2.1.dist-info\
   from C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\~ip-22.2.1.dist-info
  Moving to c:\users\MyName\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\site-packages\pip\
   from C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\~ip
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 167, in exc_logging_wrapper
    status = run_func(*args)
  File "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 247, in wrapper
    return func(self, options, args)
  File "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 461, in run
    installed = install_given_reqs(
  File "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\__init__.py", line 73, in install_given_reqs
    requirement.install(
  File "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_install.py", line 752, in install
    scheme = get_scheme(
  File "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\locations\__init__.py", line 244, in get_scheme
    from . import _distutils
ImportError: cannot import name '_distutils' from 'pip._internal.locations' (C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\pip\_internal\locations\__init__.py)

I checked with a search engine and most of the solutions suggested that I should enter the following command to force a pip reinstallation.

python -m pip install -U --force-reinstall pip

But when I entered it, I found the same error message appeared. And based on ImportError, I found the first few lines on it by looking up the init code.I don't know if it's useful.

def get_scheme(
    dist_name: str,
    user: bool = False,
    home: Optional[str] = None,
    root: Optional[str] = None,
    isolated: bool = False,
    prefix: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Scheme:
    new = _sysconfig.get_scheme(
        dist_name,
        user=user,
        home=home,
        root=root,
        isolated=isolated,
        prefix=prefix,
    )
    if _USE_SYSCONFIG:
        return new

    from . import _distutils

In addition to the above methods, I don't think the other methods online are very reliable, such as going into the pip init code to change things. What is the cause of this? I would like to know if I need to reinstall python, is there any downside if I keep the current pip version? Incidentally, for simple privacy, I changed all my usernames to "MyName", and my python version is 3.9. I have never encountered this kind of problem, and I don't know much about it. I would really appreciate it if you could help me solve it!

CodePudding user response：

It seems you may be missing some utilities that come with pip, one thing you can try is to uninstall pip then reinstall using get-pip.

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

python3 get-pip.py

If this does not work, try to reinstall python