How to configure PIP per config file to use a proxy (with authentification)?

Question

I used to set up environment evariables http_proxy and https_proxy (with user + password) in the past to use Pip (on Windows) behind a corporate proxy. But recently I needed to

Answer 1

In order to add a proxy option in the terminal the following line solved the problem for me:

pip install package_name_here --proxy https://user_name:password@proxyname:port

Answer 2

Here are the steps how to configure proxy (with auth.) in pip's config file (pip.ini)

1. (if it does not already exist) Create a folder named 'pip' and inside it a file named 'pip.ini' as described here: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#config-file (location an name may differ per platform - e.g. on Windows it's %APPDATA%\pip\pip.ini)

2. edit pip.ini file and add

   [global]
   proxy = http://user:password@proxy_name:port
   

3. That's it!

Example for proxy with authentification (user + password):

proxy = http://butch:secret@proxyname:1234

proxyname can be an IP adress, too

Example for proxy without auth.:

proxy = http://proxyname:1234

Answer 3

You need to set proxy option while installing the package. example:

pip install --proxy userid:password@proxy.domain.com:yourport

Answer 4

If package that you are trying to install has dependencies it's best to create pip.ini for system wide configuration, in windows you can do this in powershell:

mkdir c:\programdata\pip\
new-item c:\programdata\pip\pip.ini

and add this to your pip.ini

[global]
proxy = http://domain\user:pwd@proxy_hostname_or_ip:port 

and then everything should work fine, as HTTP_PROXY variable didn't work for me.

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