Not able to install Python packages [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION]

Question

I am trying to install a Python library using pip, getting an SSL error:

~/projects/base  pre-master±  pip install xdict

Collecting xdict
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Answer 1

To upgrade the local version I used a slight variant:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python - --user

This problem arises if you keep your pip and packages under your home directory as described in this gist.