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Problem:

RuntimeError: 
no .dist-info at /home/[YOUR USERNAME]/.local/share/virtualenv/wheel/3.8/image/1/CopyPipInstall/pip-22.1.2-py3-none-any, has pip

I was always getting this error whenever i tried to create a virtual environment through pythonanywhere. tried everything (and I mean everything, short of witchcraft) to solve this.
Turns out that this last resort below saved me

Solution

go to Accounts on the top bar then click System image. change the python versions to the version you wanna work with but limited to the list on offer.

you may as well read this writeup by pythonanywhere. Pretty nifty https://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/ChangingSystemImage

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