Python 3.4 windows, pip install fails

Question

I am struggling with adding to my Python 34 installation:

C:> pip install --upgrade pip
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pip in c:\python34\lib \site-packages
Collecting pip
No distributions at all found for pip in c:\python34\lib\site-packages

What am I doing wrong? Please help.

Give [This](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4750806/how-do-i-install-pip-on-windows?rq=1) a shot. — White Shadow, Aug 02 '16 at 21:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '16 at 21:41

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You need to run pip as a script and python will be the main executable.

python -m pip install -U pip

The recommended procedure will be to update from get-pip.py

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python

answered Aug 02 '16 at 21:41

Abhishek Gupta

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that did not work either; I first tried: C:\>python -m pip install -U pip Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pip in c:\python34\lib\site-packages Collecting pip No distributions at all found for pip in c:\python34\lib\site-packages – Wolf Metzner Aug 03 '16 at 12:29
Then I put the curl output into temp.py and executed:/// python c:\temp\temp.py/// Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:600) - skipping/// Requirement already up-to-date: pip in c:\python34\lib\site-packages/// Collecting wheel/// and that had the same certificate error message – Wolf Metzner Aug 03 '16 at 12:39
Let me try @WolfMetzner – Abhishek Gupta Aug 03 '16 at 12:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '16 at 12:35

Seems I found the reason: the Windows computer is within a state agency behind a hefty firewall. I tried the same install with Python 3.4.3 from my laptop connected through my phone and had no problem at all. So, I think the firewall was in the way. Thanks for looking into this, @froost1999 and @Rockse .

Python 3.4 windows, pip install fails

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