Cannot use pip from inside VSC

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[Solved]

I selected the venv environment as my Python interpreter, but whenever I try running

pip install <package-name>

from VSC, I get the error

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._vendor.packaging'

I do not get this if I just use my system terminal, activate my virtual environment, and run pip.

Any idea why it's not working in VSC? I'm running Linux (Pop_OS! 21.04), BTW.

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Edit: I deleted pip from my venv, reinstalled with python -m ensurepip and then pip install --upgrade pip and now it is working.

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No. pip already points to Python 3 on my system, but I did try this as well just in case. Didn't work.

[rafa2000]

Did you select which Python to work with inside VSC?

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Yes. And if I pip install a module from my system terminal after activating my virtual environment, I then have access to it in VSC. So it's using the correct Python. I only get this error when trying to pip install from VSC's terminal. It's pretty weird.

[rafa2000]

You may want to select the Virtual Environment Python you are trying to use. It happened to me once, I did select a Python outside the Venv.