How to use easy_install behind a http proxy on windows?

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When I use the command:

easy_install spotter

to install the spotter package, I got the following error message

Searching for spotter
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo      failed -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed -- Some packages may not be found!
Couldn't find index page for 'spotter' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed -- Some packages may not be found!
No local packages or download links found for spotter
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('spotter')

The two environment variables: http_proxy and https_proxy seem not to work?

Installing Python's easy_install using ez_setup.py from behind a proxy server

Setting http_proxy works for me. What exactly are you doing? — Florian Brucker
– Florian Brucker, Commented Jan 28, 2014 at 12:52

Emre Sevinç · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 08:18:21Z

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Did you try the following:

$ export http_proxy=http://username:[email protected]:portnumber
$ export https_proxy=https://username:[email protected]:portnumber

And then

$ sudo -E easy_install spotter

I had a problem similar to yours (I'm behind a very restrictive firewall+proxy combination) and the above set of commands and combinations worked for me (in a GNU/Linux environment, particularly Ubuntu).

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 8:18

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jtpereyda Over a year ago

This worked for me. I was missing the -E on sudo.

user5779971 · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-12 16:31:44Z

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You have to put your proxy configuration in Internet Explorer and restart your terminal.

proxy configuration in Internet Explorer

answered Jan 12, 2016 at 16:31

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rleelr · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-22 11:09:10Z

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From the Windows command prompt, first set the two environment variables:

c:\> set http_proxy=<user>:<password>@<proxy_ip_address>:<port>
c:\> set https_proxy=<user>:<password>@<proxy_ip_address>:<port>

Then, I was able to run (in the same terminal):

easy_install spotter

answered Sep 22, 2016 at 11:09

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