Can't download the script - python-pip Problems

[idscomm]

Hello,

I have been trying to install this great tool you created for Unifi Protect but I can't get the script to work... I am running Ubuntu 18 with python 3.9 and pip 21 ... This is what I get when I type "pip install unifi-protect-backup"

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement unifi-protect-backup (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for unifi-protect-backup

I also tried "python3.9 -m pip install unifi-protect-backup" but I got this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 188, in _run_module_as_main
mod_name, mod_spec, code = _get_module_details(mod_name, _Error)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 147, in _get_module_details
return _get_module_details(pkg_main_name, error)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 111, in _get_module_details
import(pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/init.py", line 29, in
from pip.utils import get_installed_distributions, get_prog
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/utils/init.py", line 23, in
from pip.locations import (
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/locations.py", line 9, in
from distutils import sysconfig
ImportError: cannot import name 'sysconfig' from 'distutils' (/usr/lib/python3.9/distutils/init.py)

Any idea where to start? Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

[ep1cman]

Thank you for your patience waiting for a response. I did some digging and it looks like ubuntu might have an issue with the system distutils: https://stackoverflow.com/a/64771661

I would always recommend running a virtual environment (venv) to help try to mitigate weird issues like this with system python versions. pipx lets you install python tools system wide in their own venvs.

Alternatively, you can also try docker, that is the way I would recommend using the tools since everything is self contained then.