I am trying to use python package manager pip to install a package and it s dependencies from the internet However I am behind a proxy in my college and have already set the http proxy environment variable But when I try to install a package like this pip install TwitterApi I get this error in the log file Getting page http pypi python org simple TwitterApi Could not fetch URL http pypi python org simple TwitterApi lt urlopen error Errno 111 Connection refused gt Will skip URL http pypi python org simple TwitterApi when looking for download links for TwitterApi Getting page http pypi python org simple Could not fetch URL http pypi python org simple lt urlopen error Errno 111 Connection refused gt I even tried setting my proxy variable explicitly like this pip install --proxy http user password proxyserver port TwitterApi But I still get the same error How do I get pip to work behind a proxy server

How to get pip to work behind a proxy server

The Solution to How to get pip to work behind a proxy server is

The pip's proxy parameter is, according to pip --help, in the form scheme://[user:[email protected]]proxy.server:port

You should use the following:

pip install --proxy http://user:[email protected]:port TwitterApi

Also, the HTTP_PROXY env var should be respected.

Note that in earlier versions (couldn't track down the change in the code, sorry, but the doc was updated here), you had to leave the scheme:// part out for it to work, i.e. pip install --proxy user:[email protected]:port

~ Answered on 2013-12-28 19:18:12

How to get pip to work behind a proxy server

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