Error while installing with Python “pip”: Cannot fetch index base URL http://

Question

I am trying to install a local version of ScrumDo for testing. Only then I come to the point in my installation that I have to run:

source bin/activate <

Answer 1

This problem is most-likely caused by DNS setup: server cannot resolve the Domain Name, so cannot download the package.

Solution: sudo nano /etc/network/interface

add a line: dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8

save file and exit

    sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

Then pip install should be working now.