fairly new user but have basic understanding of command line/python. when attempting to install pip through windows 8 powershell get the following error message: Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/ Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pip Cleaning up... No distributions at all found for pip Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\xxxx\pip\pip.log other instances of similar question seem to suggest something to do with proxy and then some more detailed linux instructions. i am unfamiliar with 'proxy' though if it's relevant i have a VPN extension in chrome. could somebody please suggest in simple, beginner language why i'm getting this error message/what the workaround and command prompt line would be? appreciate it contents of error log: get-pip.py run on 11/18/14 03:27:33 Downloading/unpacking pip Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/: connection error: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:510: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed Will skip URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ when looking for download links for pip Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/ Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/: connection error: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:510: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed Will skip URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/ when looking for download links for pip Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/ URLs to search for versions for pip: * https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/: connection error: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:510: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed Will skip URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ when looking for download links for pip Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pip Cleaning up... Removing temporary dir c:\users\xxxx\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_xxxx... No distributions at all found for pip Exception information: Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\users\xxxx\appdata\local\temp\tmpb1cvmx\pip.zip\pip\basecommand.py", line 122, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "c:\users\xxxx\appdata\local\temp\tmpb1cvmx\pip.zip\pip\commands\install.py", line 278, in run requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle) File "c:\users\xxxx\appdata\local\temp\tmpb1cvmx\pip.zip\pip\req.py", line 1177, in prepare_files url = finder.find_requirement(req_to_install, upgrade=self.upgrade) File "c:\users\xxxx\appdata\local\temp\tmpb1cvmx\pip.zip\pip\index.py", line 277, in find_requirement raise DistributionNotFound('No distributions at all found for %s' % req) DistributionNotFound: No distributions at all found for pip Continue reading...
