Error: "target Path Exists But Is Not A Directory, Will Not Continue" Pip Installation Problems

I tried installing a new package with pip on Python 3.8.5 (it was working previously) and got this error. I also tried upgrading pip with pip, and it looked like it was upgrading b

Solution 1:

Try typing in "pip config list" you may find configuration settings. If you see one that starts with :env: it is in an environment variable. if you have :env:.target for example it will be an environment variable named PIP_TARGET. "target may also be set at the pip global, user or site level in the pip.ini file. Most standard installations will not have any config entries. If you see a site.target, user.target, global.target or :env:.target you can unset it using "pip config unset user.target" for example. You can also delete it from the pip.ini file directly. If it is a system environment variables you can delete/unset it and try again.