# Pip pkg install Error

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/pip-pkg-install-error/15963>\
**Category:** Packages & Environments\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/pip-pkg-install-error/15963 "2022-03-22T14:35:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ruchit.rajhansa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/00a5b5/32.png) [@ruchit.rajhansa](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/ruchit.rajhansa)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/pip-pkg-install-error/15963/1 "2022-03-22T14:35:16Z")

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**Description**

pip fails with import error pertaining to file cache.

**Expected behavior**

expected pip to install required pkg.

**pip version**

20.0.4

**Python version**

3.8

error:

ImportError: cannot import name ‘FileCache’ from ‘pip.\_vendor.cachecontrol.caches’ (unknown location)

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**Author:** ![Damian\_Shaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0075a9/32.png) [@Damian\_Shaw](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Damian_Shaw)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/pip-pkg-install-error/15963/2 "2022-03-22T18:45:37Z")

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Provide the full command you are running and the full traceback error you are getting.

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**Author:** ![ruchit.rajhansa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/00a5b5/32.png) [@ruchit.rajhansa](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/ruchit.rajhansa)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/pip-pkg-install-error/15963/4 "2022-03-23T18:18:19Z")

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cmd: pip install pandas

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/bin/pip”, line 11, in   
sys.exit(main())  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/main.py”, line 73, in main  
command = create\_command(cmd\_name, isolated=("–isolated" in cmd\_args))  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/\_internal/commands/ **init**.py”, line 104, in create\_command  
module = importlib.import\_module(module\_path)  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/importlib/ **init**.py”, line 127, in import\_module  
return \_bootstrap.\_gcd\_import(name[level:], package, level)  
File “”, line 1014, in \_gcd\_import  
File “”, line 991, in \_find\_and\_load  
File “”, line 975, in \_find\_and\_load\_unlocked  
File “”, line 671, in \_load\_unlocked  
File “”, line 783, in exec\_module  
File “”, line 219, in \_call\_with\_frames\_removed  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/\_internal/commands/install.py”, line 17, in   
from pip.\_internal.cli.req\_command import RequirementCommand, with\_cleanup  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/\_internal/cli/req\_command.py”, line 19, in   
from pip.\_internal.network.download import Downloader  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/\_internal/network/download.py”, line 13, in   
from pip.\_internal.network.cache import is\_from\_cache  
File “/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/\_internal/network/cache.py”, line 8, in   
from pip.\_vendor.cachecontrol.caches import FileCache  
ImportError: cannot import name ‘FileCache’ from ‘pip.\_vendor.cachecontrol.caches’ (unknown location)

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**Author:** ![Damian\_Shaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0075a9/32.png) [@Damian\_Shaw](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Damian_Shaw)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/pip-pkg-install-error/15963/5 "2022-03-24T17:38:53Z")

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Something is broken about your Anaconda install,

You are running from this pip:

```
 /Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/bin/pip

```

But the error is happening in _different_ pip:

```
/Users/ruchitrajhansa/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/

```

Try running `python -m pip install ...` instead of `pip install ...`. Also you will be much better served by using `conda install ...` instead. Pip is not in any way guaranteed to work inside a conda environment, you’re supposed to primarily use conda to install packages.