Python - cant find pip.ini or pip.conf in Windows

Question

I got Python 2.7.8 installed on my Win7 machine, which comes with pip already pre-installed.
I\'m successfully able to install new packages from pip and now I need to add c

Answer 1

Rather than guessing first check if you have any default global/local config which is read by pip with the below command:

pip config list

This will give all details of the default config loaded by python.

If the above command doesn't give any output please try to find where pip tries to find for the global config file with the below command:

pip config --editor  edit

The above command will open the config file which pip reads by default or else it will give an error saying that the file doesn't exist.

If there's an error please go ahead and create the exact directory and file structure as show in the error. Once the file has been created please make your changes e.g.

[global]
cert = /path/to/base64/ssl/certificate.pem
proxy = http://username:password@ipaddress:port

Save the file and please try to check (the above mentioned check command) if the configs are loaded by pip or not.

For more info please follow pip config documentation