pip: pip freeze:Invalid requirement, parse error at "'-ipap11h'"

  • Pip version: 8.1.2
  • Python version: 2.7.5
  • Operating System: Centos 7

Description:

While trying to run pip freeze I got this message:

Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/freeze.py", line 85, in run
    for line in freeze(**freeze_kwargs):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/operations/freeze.py", line 47, in freeze
    dependency_links
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 264, in from_dist
    req = dist.as_requirement()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2562, in as_requirement
    return Requirement.parse(spec)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2833, in parse
    req, = parse_requirements(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2781, in parse_requirements
    yield Requirement(line)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2790, in __init__
    raise RequirementParseError(str(e))
RequirementParseError: Invalid requirement, parse error at "'-ipap11h'"

What’s the ‘ipap11h’

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 8 years ago
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  • Comments: 18 (9 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

To get a hotfix, just install the current master from github.

Simple workaround #sudo pip uninstall _ipap11helper