[python] Python PIP Install throws TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'Retry' and 'int'

If you are behind a proxy, you must do some extra configuration steps before starting the installation. You must set the environment variable http_proxy to the proxy address. Using bash this is accomplished with the command

export http_proxy="http://user:[email protected]:port/" 

You can also provide the

--proxy=[user:pass@]url:port 

parameter to pip. The [user:pass@] portion is optional.