How to fix ImportError: No module named main

Question

I'm trying to upgrade pip on kali linux using

pip install --upgrade pip

when I hit enter I get a message saying

Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line 5, in <module>
       from pip._internal.cli.main import main
ImportError: No module named main

Answer 1

Try out:

python2 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip

or

python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip