Pip Can't Install package or show package after Upgrade to Python 3.10 from 3.6

[vbrozik (Václav Brožík)]

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Help needed about VersionConflict pkg_ressources

on xubuntu 20.04 I upgraded the pip version by doing sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip Now when I do pip freeze I get the following exception : pkg_resources.VersionConflict: (pip 22.2.2 (/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages), Requirement.parse(‘pip==20.0.2’)) and pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The ‘pip==20.0.2’ distribution was not found and is required by the application

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