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

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.