PIP Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy

Question

Ubuntu 12.04
Apache 2.2.22

pip has stopped working on my ubuntu server and gives the below error when I try to download anything.

$ sudo pip install SQLAlchemy
Downloading/unpacking SQLAlchemy
  Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/
  Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy
No distributions at all found for SQLAlchemy
Storing complete log in /home/user/.pip/pip.log

All of the below also do not work

$ sudo pip install --upgrade pip 
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

My /etc/environment has the below settings which were working previously.

http_proxy="http://myproxyhere:portnumberhere/"
HTTP_PROXY="http://myproxyhere:portnumberhere/"

My /home/user/.pip

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/usr/bin/pip run on Sat Jun  7 20:08:38 2014
Downloading/unpacking SQLAlchemy

  Getting page http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy
  Could not fetch URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>
  Will skip URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy when looking for download links for SQLAlchemy
  Getting page http://pypi.python.org/simple/
  Could not fetch URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>
  Will skip URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/ when looking for download links for SQLAlchemy
  Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/

  URLs to search for versions for SQLAlchemy:
  * http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy/
  Getting page http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy/
  Could not fetch URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy/: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>
  Will skip URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/SQLAlchemy/ when looking for download links for SQLAlchemy
  Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy

No distributions at all found for SQLAlchemy

Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 126, in main
    self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 223, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 948, in prepare_files
    url = finder.find_requirement(req_to_install, upgrade=self.upgrade)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/index.py", line 152, in find_requirement
    raise DistributionNotFound('No distributions at all found for %s' % req)
DistributionNotFound: No distributions at all found for SQLAlchemy

Has anyone got any idea what might be going wrong?

maybe the last answer of that question can help you. [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17416938/pip-can-not-install-anything][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17416938/pip-can-not-install-anything — , Jun 11 '14 at 11:19

score 27 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '16 at 20:38

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Answer: upgrade pip.

I had version 1.1 installed. With sudo pip install --upgrade pip I got version 8.1.2 and the package I wanted installed properly.

answered Jun 08 '16 at 20:38

u_Ltd.

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That is the way I finally used to solve the problem! – Yongwei Wu Jul 18 '16 at 10:36
I believe that new versions of `pip` recommend not using `sudo` – fenkerbb Mar 20 '17 at 14:10
i had 3 pip installed... pip, pip2, pip3... pip2 was the latest one after upgrade... don't know why... so know I use pip2... – Naresh May 25 '17 at 15:45
don't forget to follow up with a `hash -r` after upgrading pip – FredTheWebGuy Jun 10 '17 at 00:26
Thx. U saved my day. – Allen Vork Feb 05 '18 at 13:12

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '14 at 11:20

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You need to fetch pypi over HTTPS, not HTTP.

For some reason your pip is configured to retrieve from http://pypi.python.org/simple/ rather than https://pypi.python.org/simple/

answered Jun 10 '14 at 11:20

Ivo

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Do you know where and how I can change that? – Deepend Jun 10 '14 at 12:54
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There's [~/.pypirc](https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/packageindex.html?highlight=pypirc#pypirc) or $PIP_INDEX_URL or [pip.conf](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#config-file) – Ivo Jun 19 '14 at 04:16

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '17 at 18:47

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Solution 1: Upgrade `pip`

sudo pip install --upgrade pip -i https://pypi.python.org/simple

then, you can use pip as:

sudo pip install SQLAlchemy

Solution 2: Specific the index URL with `-i`

sudo pip install SQLAlchemy -i https://pypi.python.org/simple

answered Nov 21 '17 at 18:47

Eduardo Cuomo

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score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 17 '14 at 08:27

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You are not using https connections, which had been used since late 2013.

You may use --index options to correct index url. See http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference/pip_wheel.html#index-url

answered Jun 17 '14 at 08:27

Jinuk Kim

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Ive tried numerous combinations of "pip --index-url https://pypi.python.org/simple/" and "pip --index- https://pypi.python.org/simple/" but keep getting "Usage: pip COMMAND [OPTIONS]" back with nothing else – Deepend Jun 17 '14 at 09:47
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The link is broken, please put the relevant information in the answer – Alec McGail Jan 08 '16 at 17:00

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 27 '17 at 14:06

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You can pass a specific index url with -i:

sudo pip install SQLAlchemy -i https://pypi.python.org/simple

answered Oct 27 '17 at 14:06

Cadu Rocha

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 10:40

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Although it is old question, my solution may help someone.

pip install SQLAlchemy --extra-index-url=https://pypi.python.org/simple/

This works for me.

answered Nov 28 '17 at 10:40

user1012513

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 04:30

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Why dont you try pip install in super user. Type su and your password, then try sudo pip install SQLAlchemy

answered Feb 04 '15 at 04:30

Srikrishnan Suresh

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PIP Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy

7 Answers7

Solution 1: Upgrade `pip`

Solution 2: Specific the index URL with `-i`

Linked

PIP Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy

7 Answers7

Solution 1: Upgrade pip

Solution 2: Specific the index URL with -i

Linked

Solution 1: Upgrade `pip`

Solution 2: Specific the index URL with `-i`