Python 3.6.0 embedded and pip installation

• Pip version: get-pip.py
• Python version: 3.6.0 (Win64)
• Operating System: Windows 10 x64

Description:

Pip won’t install on python 3.6.0 embedded on Windows 10. Pip installs without errors on python 3.5.2 embedded on Windows 10.

What I’ve run:

D:\APPS\python-3.6.0-embed-amd64>python
Python 3.6.0 (v3.6.0:41df79263a11, Dec 23 2016, 08:06:12) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
>>>

D:\APPS\python-3.6.0-embed-amd64>python get-pip.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get-pip.py", line 20061, in <module>
    main()
  File "get-pip.py", line 194, in main
    bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
  File "get-pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
    import pip
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 961, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 646, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 616, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "C:\Users\M\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp82eue0h9\pip.zip\pip\__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 961, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 646, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 616, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "C:\Users\M\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp82eue0h9\pip.zip\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 961, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 646, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 616, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "C:\Users\M\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp82eue0h9\pip.zip\pip\locations.py", line 88, in <module>
  File "ntpath.py", line 75, in join
TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType

[ccll]

@pfmoore Really nice to know there is a solution! Thanks! For now I work around this by modifying ‘python36._pth’:

lib/site-packages
python36.zip
.
# Uncomment to run site.main() automatically
import site

Then pip install all the packages into the lib/site-packages. I’ll definitely try your approach later, it looks less hackish.

[ccll]

@pfmoore For me I’m using Python to develop client side program for non-technical guys, using embeddable-python is more convenient and less surprise when the product is delivered. Just unzip and click (this batch script which calls embedded-python.exe main.py) and the user is good to go. As long as the source code(or byte code) leak is not a concern to us, it’s much simpler and stable than py2exe/pyinstaller and the variants. For now Python lacks good support for portable installation is really a PITA in such client-side use cases, where require the user to deploy & setup a Python environment is a big NO NO.