Updating the pip.conf file to use https

Question

I am having trouble configuring my pip.conf file to stipulate that PIP should look for downloads from https://pypi.python.org/simple/ rather than http://pypi.python.org/simple/

I have a related question posted PIP Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy where a couple of people diagnosed what was going wrong. However I am having trouble putting in place the solution.

I opend my pip.conf file located at /home/user/.pip/pip.conf using the pip config file documentation I added the below. There is nothing else in the file.

[global]
timeout = 60
find-links = https://pypi.python.org/simple/

[install]
find-links = https://pypi.python.org/simple/

After saving an exiting there is no change. I still cannot run commands such as pip install

$ sudo pip install SQLAlchemy
Downloading/unpacking SQLAlchemy
  Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/
  Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy
No distributions at all found for SQLAlchemy
Storing complete log in /home/user/.pip/pip.log

My setup

Ubunto 12.04 VM

What version of pip do you use? I think, that since about a year ago pip by default requires https and rejects using http. — Jan Vlcinsky, Jun 22 '14 at 16:58
pip --version returns pip 1.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7) — Deepend, Jun 22 '14 at 16:59
It is still checking at http://pypi.python.org/simple/. Your changes are not still being used. — iamkhush, Jun 22 '14 at 16:59

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '14 at 16:58

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You should use index-url = https://pypi.python.org/simple/ rather than find-links in your config. This will replace the default rather than just adding another option (which is what find-links does).

answered Jun 22 '14 at 16:58

Midnighter

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Worked! My logfile is now saying "Getting page 'https:.....'" Its still not working but this did answer the question I asked. – Deepend Jun 22 '14 at 17:08

Aaron Shang · Answer 2 · 2023-06-06T02:29:38.097

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Use index-url = to replace package index.

Use find-links = to append entries.

From latest guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/configuration/

The new default configuration file is: $HOME/.config/pip/pip.conf

Legacy per-user configuration file which is also respected:

On Unix and macOS the configuration file is: $HOME/.pip/pip.conf

edited Jun 06 '23 at 02:29

answered Dec 08 '16 at 01:28

Aaron Shang

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 02 '16 at 03:17

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Update from 2011-04-04 version to latest one

pip version 1.0 is fairly old, pypi shows date 2011-04-04. Consider installing latest version.

Since 2011 there were some significant changes (security fixes, support for wheel format...)

I would first remove completely the pip installed by apt-get, incl. cleaning whatever is in directories around. And then install using get-pip.py as described on pypa.

I know, that it is often recommended following Linux distribution packages, but with pip it is simply not practical.

edited Mar 02 '16 at 03:17

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answered Jun 22 '14 at 17:10

Jan Vlcinsky

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Would un-installing and reinstalling PIP have any effect on packages already installed and virtual environments? – Deepend Jun 22 '14 at 17:15
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@Deepend Reinstalling pypi shall not affect other packages. I have reinstalled pypi few times on few servers with Ubuntu 12.04 and all was working well without problems. `pip` is a tool for installing, but the presence of `pip` is not needed for the installed packages to run. – Jan Vlcinsky Jun 22 '14 at 17:23

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 22 '14 at 17:10

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I think your changes are not being used.

pip install --find-links=https://pypi.python.org/simple/ SQLAlchemy works on my system.

. The log says it is checking https://pypi.python.org/simple.

answered Jun 22 '14 at 17:10

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Updating the pip.conf file to use https

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Update from 2011-04-04 version to latest one

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