'Why do I get this when using pip WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip?
For the past few weeks everytime I have downloaded a package using pip i get this: WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip (path to packages) . Any ideas why I get this?
Solution 1:[1]
This occurs due to files names with the '~' prefix in site-packages. Please remove those files / folders. It will solve your problem.
You can list them with
ls -a /xx/xx/xx/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages | grep "^~"
Then remove files/folders prefixed by '~'.
Solution 2:[2]
go to 'site-packages' directory, delete folders whose name start with ~ (tilde)
Solution 3:[3]
This happens due to multiple versions installation of libraries, at times conda or pip failed to uninstall the versions instead rename it to "~ip" so, suggest we find site-packages in our python installation and search for "~ip" and delete such folders which begin with ~ip. Then the problem will get resolved and we will not get any such warnings. Otherwise, it is only a warning because of such folders existing in the installation that we can ignore.
Solution 4:[4]
I faced the same issue. It got fixed by going to site-packages and deleting the folders starting with ~.
>pip install pyspark
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -yspark (c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -yspark (c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages)
Requirement already satisfied: pyspark in c:\users\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (3.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: py4j==0.10.9.3 in c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from pyspark) (0.10.9.3)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -yspark (c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -yspark (c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -yspark (c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -yspark (c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages)
Deleted the duplicate folder ~spark 0.2.1.
>pip install pyspark
Requirement already satisfied: pyspark in c:\users\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (3.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: py4j==0.10.9.3 in c:\users\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from pyspark) (0.10.9.3)
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Smart Manoj |
| Solution 2 | Mustafa Kemal |
| Solution 3 | S Habeeb Ullah |
| Solution 4 | Amar_AI |