title: Error: No matching distribution found for pip
body: <p>I am trying to install pip in my <strong>python 2.6.6</strong>, I have <strong>Oracle Linux 6</strong></p>
  
  <p>I followed the answers given at this link <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24294467/how-to-install-pip-for-python-2-6">Link</a></p>
  
  <p>I downloaded <strong>get-pip.py</strong> file and ran the following command</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo python2.6 get-pip.py
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>However I get the following error</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@bigdatadev3 Downloads]# sudo python2.6 get-pip.py
  DEPRECATION: Python 2.6 is no longer supported by the Python core team, please upgrade your Python. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.6
  Collecting pip
    Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('&lt;pip._vendor.requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x3cad210&gt;: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable',)': /simple/pip/
    Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('&lt;pip._vendor.requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x3cadad0&gt;: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable',)': /simple/pip/
    Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('&lt;pip._vendor.requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x3cad6d0&gt;: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable',)': /simple/pip/
    Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('&lt;pip._vendor.requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x3cad790&gt;: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable',)': /simple/pip/
    Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('&lt;pip._vendor.requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x3cad110&gt;: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable',)': /simple/pip/
    Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pip (from versions: )
  No matching distribution found for pip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error shows some network issue, but I have full open internet access here. </p>
  
  <p>How can I install pip?</p>
  
  <p>I also tried yum, <code>yum install python-pip</code> but it gave the following message</p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@bigdatadev3 ~]# yum install python-pip
  Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security, ulninfo
  Setting up Install Process
  No package python-pip available.
  Error: Nothing to do
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Update 1</strong>:</p>
  
  <p>I used the following command,</p>
  
  <pre><code>python get-pip.py --proxy="MY_PROXY"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the following error</p>
  
  <pre><code>DEPRECATION: Python 2.6 is no longer supported by the Python core team, please upgrade your Python. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.6
      Collecting pip
      Exception:
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
          status = self.run(options, args)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/commands/install.py", line 324, in run
          requirement_set.prepare_files(finder)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/req/req_set.py", line 380, in prepare_files
          ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/req/req_set.py", line 554, in _prepare_file
          require_hashes
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/req/req_install.py", line 278, in populate_link
          self.link = finder.find_requirement(self, upgrade)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/index.py", line 465, in find_requirement
          all_candidates = self.find_all_candidates(req.name)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/index.py", line 423, in find_all_candidates
          for page in self._get_pages(url_locations, project_name):
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/index.py", line 568, in _get_pages
          page = self._get_page(location)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/index.py", line 683, in _get_page
          return HTMLPage.get_page(link, session=self.session)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/index.py", line 792, in get_page
          "Cache-Control": "max-age=600",
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 488, in get
          return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/download.py", line 386, in request
          return super(PipSession, self).request(method, url, *args, **kwargs)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 475, in request
          resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 596, in send
          r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/cachecontrol/adapter.py", line 47, in send
          resp = super(CacheControlAdapter, self).send(request, **kw)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/adapters.py", line 390, in send
          conn = self.get_connection(request.url, proxies)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/adapters.py", line 290, in get_connection
          proxy_manager = self.proxy_manager_for(proxy)
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/adapters.py", line 184, in proxy_manager_for
          **proxy_kwargs
        File "/tmp/tmpnz7ISh/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/requests/adapters.py", line 43, in SOCKSProxyManager
          raise InvalidSchema("Missing dependencies for SOCKS support.")
      InvalidSchema: Missing dependencies for SOCKS support.
  </code></pre>