How do I fix ModuleNotFoundError: No module named pip inside a Python venv?

How it was checked: Reproduced on Python 3.14 (Debian-style install without ensurepip); fix confirmed.

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python
pip
venv

Fix

Your venv was created without pip (ensurepip missing). Download https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and run it with the venv interpreter: .venv/bin/python get-pip.py. Then use .venv/bin/python -m pip install ... Alternatively recreate the venv after installing your distro python3-venv package.

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