Cannot uninstall 'six'. It is a distutils installed project...

[iViollard]

Expected Behavior

I am trying to follow the Python quickstart guide - what should happen when running

python quickstart.py

is what is described in the page: Drive API Python Quickstart

Actual Behavior

I run into an error:

When running python quickstart.py:

Cannot uninstall 'six'. It is a distutils installed project and thus we cannot accurately determine which files belong to it which would lead to only a partial uninstall.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "quickstart.py", line 2, in <module>
    from googleapiclient.discovery import build
ImportError: No module named googleapiclient.discovery

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client oauth2client
2. python quickstart.py

Specifications

• Python version 2.7.10
• OS Mojave 10.14.1

[erickoledadevrel]

Try adding the flags --ignore-installed six to your pip command and let me know if that works.

[iViollard]

@erickoledadevrel thanks for replying. i tried the following:

pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client -ignore-installed six oauth2client
pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client-ignore-installed six oauth2client

Both give me an error:

'Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement google-api-python-client (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for google-api-python-client'

'Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement google-api-python-client-ignore-installed (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for google-api-python-client-ignore-installed'

[erickoledadevrel]

Sorry, that should have been --ignore-installed with two dashes. Please try again.

[iViollard]

that's solved it - thanks!

[VishnuMU]

Mine too! Thank you 👍

[erickoledadevrel]

FYI, this information has been added to the troubleshoot section of the quickstart:

https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/python#troubleshooting

[shaka0241]

Try adding the flags --ignore-installed six to your pip command and let me know if that works.

its works

[dpizzuto]

Try adding the flags --ignore-installed six to your pip command and let me know if that works.

It works.

[brando90]

when do we know we should ignore six and when to uninstall it?

[bashar13]

it works thank you @erickoledadevrel

[490058]

Thank you! @erickoledadevrel

[gt-novelt]

If you are working with pipenv, you can achieve this by editing your Pipefile with

six = {version = "*", options = "--ignore-installed"}