'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'

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Hello, I’m trying to upgrade the certificates on a vps and I receive the following error:

zzzzzz@xxxxxxxxx:~$ sudo certbot --apache renew
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/certbot", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1479, in <module>
    register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'

I’ve tryed sudo apt remove certbot --purge followed by sudo apt install certbot without changes.

Here is the full output of sudo python -v /usr/bin/certbot --apache renew

Thanks in advance!

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Hi,

It seems like this might be a result of different installations for your Python. (e.g. installed from different source).
Can you try the answer listed below and upgrade you pip?
sudo python -m ensurepip --upgrade

Thank you

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sudo python -m ensurepip --upgrade
/usr/bin/python: No module named ensurepip

pip -V
pip 20.0.2 from /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pip (python 3.7)

python -m pip -V
pip 20.0.2 from /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pip (python 3.7)

UPDATE

I've created a venv and executed sudo python -m ensurepip --upgrade into it, result:

ensurepip is disabled in Debian/Ubuntu for the system python.

Python modules for the system python are usually handled by dpkg and apt-get.

    apt-get install python-<module name>

Install the python-pip package to use pip itself.  Using pip together
with the system python might have unexpected results for any system installed
module, so use it on your own risk, or make sure to only use it in virtual
environments.

(inside the venv)

pip install --upgrade pip

Successfully installed pip-20.0.2

pip install --upgrade certbot

Requirement already up-to-date: certbot in ./certbot_env/lib/python3.7/site-packages (1.3.0)

pip -V

pip 20.0.2 (python 3.7)

certbot --version

certbot 1.3.0

sudo certbot --apache renew
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/certbot", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1479, in <module>
    register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
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Just an “hack” to solve the problem…

renew (chmod +x)

#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
  export PATH=/home/username/certbot_env/bin
  python renew.py $1
else
    echo "ERROR: missing mandatory  parameter <domain> to renew!"
fi

renew.py

import sys
from certbot import main
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print("missing mandatory parameter <domain>, pleas run from the ~/certbot_env/renew script")
    sys.exit()

main.main(['certonly', '--manual', '-d', sys.argv[1]])

to renew a certificate:

sudo renew <domain>

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