I need some help with flask

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I keep getting this error whenever I try to run my REPL, This worked yesterday but doesnt work today.
ImportError: cannot import name 'Flask' from 'flask' (unknown location)

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling flask, but I get this error when I try using pip.
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/runner/NexusFlow/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/Flask-2.2.3.dist-info/METADATA'

Here is all of the imports where I get the error.

from flask import Flask, jsonify, make_response, request, redirect, render_template, url_for
import sys
from json import loads
from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from functools import wraps
import uuid
from flaskext.markdown import Markdown
from sqlalchemy.inspection import inspect
import jwt
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

EDIT:
the solution was to delete and recreate the virtual envronment

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Flask is currently installed using poetry, not pip. You can install it with pip if you’d like but right now it’s installed with poetry.
poetry remove flask
poetry add flask

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I have tried this in the REPL’s shell however I now get this error when I try and run those commands 

ImportError: cannot import name 'main' from 'poetry.console' (unknown location)
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That’s a weird error message. Poetry should always work as it is Replit’s built-in package manager. Try creating a blank Flask repl and copying the config file contents into this Repl.

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I’m using a Github repo so I pushed to it from the original REPL and pulled it to a new REPL but I still get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "app.py", line 1, in <module>
    from flask import Flask, jsonify, make_response, request, redirect, render_template, url_for
ImportError: cannot import name 'Flask' from 'flask' (unknown location)
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You said you tried using pip to uninstall and poetry to install. Have you tried using pip to install?

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I tried using pip for the new REPL but I get this error

Looking in indexes: https://package-proxy.replit.com/pypi/simple/
Requirement already satisfied: flask in ./venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages (2.2.3)
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/runner/nexusflow/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/Flask-2.2.3.dist-info/METADATA'

I am trying to delete the virtual environment from the github repository and then ill try pulling it again

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The virtual environment was the issue something messed up with it, Deleting it in the github repository and recreating it seemed to work to fix my issue

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Well then you can mark this topic as solved. Probably use your post as the solution as you seem to have solved it yourself.

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@Minejerik please press the “mark as solution” button below your post so that people will recognize that no more help is needed and the topic will auto-close.

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