How to use easy_install behind a http proxy on windows?

Question

When I use the command:

easy_install spotter

to install the spotter package, I got the following error message

Searching for spotter
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo      failed -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed -- Some packages may not be found!
Couldn't find index page for 'spotter' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed -- Some packages may not be found!
No local packages or download links found for spotter
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('spotter')

The two environment variables: http_proxy and https_proxy seem not to work?

Installing Python's easy_install using ez_setup.py from behind a proxy server

Answer 1

From the Windows command prompt, first set the two environment variables:

c:\> set http_proxy=<user>:<password>@<proxy_ip_address>:<port>
c:\> set https_proxy=<user>:<password>@<proxy_ip_address>:<port>

Then, I was able to run (in the same terminal):

easy_install spotter

Answer 2

You have to put your proxy configuration in Internet Explorer and restart your terminal.

proxy configuration in Internet Explorer

Answer 3

Did you try the following:

$ export http_proxy=http://username:password@some.proxy.com:portnumber
$ export https_proxy=https://username:password@some.proxy.com:portnumber

And then

$ sudo -E easy_install spotter

I had a problem similar to yours (I'm behind a very restrictive firewall+proxy combination) and the above set of commands and combinations worked for me (in a GNU/Linux environment, particularly Ubuntu).