MINGW-packages: ssl module in Python is not available.

I installed pip via pacman then I try this:

python3 -m pip install awscli

This used to work, but now I get:

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

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State: closed
Created 6 years ago
Comments: 23 (10 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Update Msys2 environment before proceeding Outdated SSL libraries may break pip: https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/4582 — committed to sio/bash-complete-partial-path by sio 2 years ago
Update Msys2 environment before proceeding Outdated SSL libraries may break pip: https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/4582 — committed to sio/bash-complete-partial-path by sio 2 years ago
Fix OpenSSL in Msys2 environment Outdated and/or missing SSL libraries break pip: - https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/4582 - Error message: pip is configured with locations ... — committed to sio/bash-complete-partial-path by sio 2 years ago

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Installation of OpenSSL from this link (https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html) worked for me.

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BishnoiAmit on Feb 22, 2019

I can’t reproduce sadly

lazka on Oct 23, 2018

This symptom (“ssl module in Python is not available”) seems to be triggered by different possible causes. I spent 1 day struggling with it and found many suggestions that worked for some people but not for others, or me. What worked for me was to remove 2 spurious files as per issue appveyor/ci#2571. Specifically, somehow 5 days ago these two files appeared in my C:/Windows/System32: libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll and libssl-1_1-x64.dll (not sure what other software put them in there, but they sure broke things). I moved them to another folder not in the PATH, and now things work for my -Python finds SSL and Conda is now able to work e.g., create environments, and pip install now works instead of failing because of the SSL problem. Maybe this helps others.

Hi Alejandohd, this worked for me(April 14, 2020). I spent a day a half trying to solve this problem. I removed the files you mentioned from my windows directory, and then Anaconda Navigator worked. Thanks a lot!

tatianapg on Apr 15, 2020

Not 100% sure, no. Our openssl was updated to the conflicting naming 3 weeks ago, so it should have started then. Maybe newer Python uses newer openssl APIs which only now lead to problems.

You can test by deleting “C:\Windows\System32\libssl*.dll” “C:\Windows\System32\libcrypto*.dll” on appveyor.

lazka on Oct 23, 2018