pip does not connect: no ssl
 

I'm trying to install a package with pip, and I get this message. A quick web search suggests that pip may be out of date or in need of a recompile.

TIA

John.

WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.",)': /simple/protobuf/
WA

You might want to mention what version of Slackware you are running and if you have applied all of the updates.

That will help us help you, after all.

And this should be an issue with your installation or configuration unless your Slackware be very old as this module is shipped in the python packages since Slackware 13.0

Yeah. I shudda told you what I was running. It's slackware64-current, and I am up-to-date with the latest good stuff with slackpkg-plus.

Anyway, my pip is toast for SSL stuff right now, which is not good.

John.

Please post the out put of:

That find statement shows this.

/usr/lib64/python3.7/ssl.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/ssl.py

I added the 3.7 a few days ago for something else; /usr/bin/python points to the 2.7 version.

John.

How did you install pip? Do you use a virtual environment? If yes how is it set up?

How did I install pip? I did not, but slackware did.

So does it work for you?

When I run pip list, I get this:

WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /simple/pip/ (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.",)) - skipping

Which Slackware version are you running? pip is not shipped in Slackware version 14.2

Please read #4 above. (Hint: It's slackware64-current)

BTW: I can forget about this issue because I solved it another way.

What I was doing was trying to build mysql-workbench for my slack installation. I've got all of the deps built now, but the mysql-workbench build is stopping with an error around 90 percent. I've got a bug report into mysql, but if anyone knows a handy way to get a gui for the mysql installation, it would be welcomed.

John.

Yes, but in post #6 you wrote:This is not consistent, as Python 3.7 is shipped in Slackware current, so you shouldn't have added it yourself. Unless you did a partial installation in which case you are on your own.

So my current assumption is that somehow you managed to create the issue you mention. Without more information about your configuration I can't help you, sorry

That's true, but it does not affect pip that runs with python-2.7.

How is there a problem?

My big issue is the gui for the database.

John.

Make sure you have curl installed.

HQuest sent me on the right path, and I'm now fixed. I'll explain how.

I spent the last few days futzing with curl and openssl. The problem was that I used slackpkg+ to keep current. What I did not know until a few minutes ago was that the multilib versions did not do a full install. I just slackpkg reinstall curl and slackpkg reinstall openssl. It works again, and goodies like darktable build again :-)

I'll get back to mysql-workbench in a few days. I really want to do some sql stuff for fun and entertainment.

Thanks again HQuest.

John.