Using pip behind a proxy with CNTLM

Question

I am trying to use pip behind a proxy at work.

One of the answers from this post suggested using CNTLM. I installed and configured it per this other post, but runnin

Answer 1

Open the Windows command prompt.

Set proxy environment variables.

set http_proxy=http://user:password@proxy_ip:port
set https_proxy=https://user:password@proxy_ip:port

Install Python packages using proxy in the same Windows command prompt.

pip install --proxy="user:password@proxy_ip:port" package_name