# python ssl

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-ssl/17769
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [October 21, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-ssl/17769 "2026-10-21T01:39:08Z")
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### Author: ![Felipe\_Bordeu](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/felipe_bordeu/32/6143_2.png) [@Felipe\_Bordeu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Felipe_Bordeu)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-ssl/17769/1 "2026-10-21T01:39:08Z")

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Hello, I’m using the .venv functionality of ParaView to add some extra packages ([Install any python package for the ParaView binary release using pip](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-any-python-package-for-the-paraview-binary-release-using-pip/14437)), I use de **`uv` + `venv`** solution. My package depends on huggingface\_hub, but after installation I have a ssl error at import.

The error can be reproduced by running “import ssl” in the python console. Working with ParaView 6.2.0 on linux downloaded from the ParaView website.

```
>>>
Python 3.12.14 (main, Sep 30 2026, 00:00:17) \[GCC 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)\] on linux
>>> from paraview.simple import *
>>> import ssl
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in 
File "/home/fbw/Apps/ParaView-6.2.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12/ssl.py", line 100, in 
import _ssl # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
^^^^^^^^^^^
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ssl'

```

Any idea of how to solve this issue on my side. (ChatGPT tells me the packaging of the python distribution of ParaView has to be redone).

Thanks