Python pip unable to locate pyodbc

Question

Using virtualenv and just trying to install pyodbc. All resources I can find claim this should be extremely straightforward. After all the basic installs of MySQL, etc., jus

Answer 1

Running pip install --allow-external pyodbc --allow-unverified pyodbc pyodbc will work if the PyPI directory structure is correct.

Based on the pip.log output when I originally posted this answer, I think that package's website directory structure was broken. You can always work around this type of problem by specifying the URL of the package like pip install https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/pyodbc/pyodbc-3.0.7.zip, links for different versions are described here.