Pycharm - Python packaging tools not found

Posted on Oct 2, 2022

Question

I'm trying to install packages in Pycharm for python3.5 interpreter. It says,

Python packaging tools not found. Install packaging tools.

But when I try to install, It gives this error.

AttributeError: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_specifier'

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.2, Pycharm Community edition 2017.1.1

Answer

Run this command and you should be able to install the packaging tools in Pycharm:

sudo apt install python3-pip

It's python3-pip, not python-pip if you are using the Python3 interpreter.