title: I ran python modules; how do I fix the resulting errors?
body: <p>I checked my python3 install with help(&quot;modules&quot;) and got errors and warnings.
  How can I fix these? Do I need to worry about these?</p>
  <p>My system is:</p>
  <pre><code>System:    Host: maxg-pc-mint Kernel: 5.4.0-90-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
  Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P7H55-M LX v: X.0x serial: &lt;superuser/root required&gt; BIOS: American Megatrends 
             v: 0303 date: 07/15/2010 
  CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5 650 bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
             Speed: 1282 MHz min/max: 1200/3201 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1301 2: 1250 3: 1296 4: 1218 
  </code></pre>
  <pre><code>[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
  Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information.
  &gt;&gt;&gt; modules
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File &quot;&lt;stdin&gt;&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  NameError: name 'modules' is not defined
  &gt;&gt;&gt; help(&quot;modules&quot;)
  
  Please wait a moment while I gather a list of all available modules...
  
  /home/maxg/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/IPython/kernel/__init__.py:12: ShimWarning: The `IPython.kernel` package has been deprecated since IPython 4.0.You should import from ipykernel or jupyter_client instead.
    warn(&quot;The `IPython.kernel` package has been deprecated since IPython 4.0.&quot;
  /home/maxg/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_distutils_hack/__init__.py:36: UserWarning: Setuptools is replacing distutils.
    warnings.warn(&quot;Setuptools is replacing distutils.&quot;)
  INFO:root:Generating grammar tables from /usr/lib/python3.8/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
  INFO:root:Generating grammar tables from /usr/lib/python3.8/lib2to3/PatternGrammar.txt
  /usr/lib/python3.8/pkgutil.py:92: MatplotlibDeprecationWarning: 
  The mpl_toolkits.axes_grid module was deprecated in Matplotlib 2.1 and will be removed two minor releases later. Use mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 and mpl_toolkits.axisartist, which provide the same functionality instead.
    __import__(info.name)
  DEBUG:oneconf.distributor:get_distro: 'Linuxmint'
  WARNING:oneconf.distributor:invalid distro: 'Linuxmint'
  /usr/lib/python3.8/pkgutil.py:107: VisibleDeprecationWarning: zmq.eventloop.minitornado is deprecated in pyzmq 14.0 and will be removed.
      Install tornado itself to use zmq with the tornado IOLoop.
      
  </code></pre>