pip install failing with 407 Proxy Authentication Required

Question

I am trying to use the below pip install command, but its failing with Proxy authentication required issue. I have already configured my proxies inside my RHEL7.x Server.

Command Used: `pip install --proxy https://'username:pwd'@proxy:host  --upgrade pip`

Logs:

Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy.', error('Tunnel connection failed: 407 Proxy Authentication Required',))': /simple/pip/
Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy.', error('Tunnel connection failed: 407 Proxy Authentication Required',))': /simple/pip/
Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy.', error('Tunnel connection failed: 407 Proxy Authentication Required',))': /simple/pip/
Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy.', error('Tunnel connection failed: 407 Proxy Authentication Required',))': /simple/pip/
Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy.', error('Tunnel connection failed: 407 Proxy Authentication Required',))': /simple/pip/

Answer 1

This is the first thing you should try:

Open the command prompt(CMD).

Export the proxy settings :

:set http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyAddress:port

:set https_proxy=https://username:password@proxyAddress:port

Install the package you want to install:

:pip install PackageName