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My pip install is trying to contact the wrong server (a server I used in the past, but now deprecated): I see this because the installation of a package is timing out. Two questions:

  • Where is pip getting the (wrong) configuration from? Definitely not from ~/.pip/pip.conf since I checked!
  • How to turn verbose mode so that I see what requests pip is sending?
blueFast
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-v or --verbose To enable verbose mode

Ollie
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  • Well, yes, obviously. And that shows me what server is pip accessing, which is the standard pypi server. But then, strangely enough, when pip installs downloaded package by running its setup.py, another pip instance is called there which tries to access my deprecated server, which is specified nowhere! I am out of my depth here. – blueFast Feb 22 '18 at 10:02
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    So, funny funny, it was not `pip`, but `easy_install`: it seems the package that I want to install (`cairocffi==0.8.0`) installs something with `easy_install` (which I seldom use), and *that* was badly configured in `.pydistutils.cfg`. I found it by grepping the whole system for the offending server. – blueFast Feb 22 '18 at 10:16
  • it's a bit too late, but happy that you have found a solution :) – Ollie Jul 18 '18 at 15:28