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

myenv:

python 2.7.14

pip 9.0.1

mac osx 10.9.4

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mysolution:

1. download get-pip.py manually from https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/

2. run python get-pip.py

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refs:

https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/issues/3293#issuecomment-378468534

https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/

Securely Download get-pip.py [1]

Run python get-pip.py. [2] This will install or upgrade pip. Additionally, it will install setuptools and wheel if they’re not installed already.

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date

While pip alone is sufficient to install from pre-built binary archives, up to date copies of the setuptools and wheel projects are useful to ensure you can also install from source archives:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel