"pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available"

Question

I have the anaconda package and run Spyder. Here is my system information:

anaconda                  2018.12                  py37_0  Python                    3.7.1  pip                       18.1  Dell Inspiron 13 7000 64-bit 

I am unable to install anything with pip from the command prompt. I get the following when trying to install numpy for instance (which I already have through anaconda):

pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.  Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\users\uday rallabhandi\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (1.15.4)  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 

Please help me understand why this is happening.

Answer 1

Here was my process to correct the error, on Windows 10 with Anaconda:

1. Added the following paths to my environment variables:
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3/Scripts
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3/Library
   • /AppData/Local/Continuum/Anaconda3/Library/Bin

At this stage, the error message was still there.

2. From Anaconda Prompt, I installed the latest version of pip:

   python -m pip install --upgrade pip

This appeared to correct the DLL conflict.