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/

Answer 1

From latest guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#config-file

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