Python-- cannot find pip.ini

Question

I'm not able to get PIP to install python-imaging-tk. I get the following error:

pip-could-not-find-any-downloads-that-satisfy-the-requirement

Some other users have posted about this before, and the problem seems to be that my pip.ini file is looking at http://pypi.python.org/simple/ rather than https://pypi.python.org/simple/ . All I need to do is edit the url in pip.ini, but I can't find it. I've tried:

C:\Users\jon\pip  ...and...  C:\Users\jon\AppData\Local\pip

Where should I look for the .ini file?

Answer 1

the easiest way to locate the folder is by running the following command in the cmd.

pip config -v list

That will give you the paths that pip is searching in to find the config file. It is possible that there is no pip.ini file in there. Then you have to create it.

Answer 2

As https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html explains:

• On Unix the default configuration file is: $HOME/.config/pip/pip.conf which respects the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable.
• On Mac OS X the configuration file is $HOME/Library/Application Support/pip/pip.conf.
• On Windows the configuration file is %APPDATA%\pip\pip.ini.

Looks like you're on Windows, so just

echo %AppData%

at a command prompt, and that should tell you what you need to know.