title: How do I install pip for Python 2.6 on OS X?
body: <p>I have an OS X system where I need to install a module for python 2.6. Both <code>pip</code> and <code>easy_install-2.6</code> are failing:</p>
  
  <pre><code># /usr/bin/easy_install-2.6 pip
  Searching for pip
  Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
  Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
  Couldn't find index page for 'pip' (maybe misspelled?)
  Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
  Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
  Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
  No local packages or download links found for pip
  error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('pip')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Downloading <a href="http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html" rel="noreferrer" title="get_pip.py">get_pip.py</a> and running it with the stock OS X-supplied python 2.6:</p>
  
  <pre><code># python2.6 ./get_pip.py 
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "./get_pip.py", line 17868, in &lt;module&gt;
      main()
    File "./get_pip.py", line 162, in main
      bootstrap(tmpdir=tmpdir)
    File "./get_pip.py", line 82, in bootstrap
      import pip
    File "/tmp/tmpVJBvaW/pip.zip/pip/__init__.py", line 15, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "/tmp/tmpVJBvaW/pip.zip/pip/vcs/subversion.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "/tmp/tmpVJBvaW/pip.zip/pip/index.py", line 30, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "/tmp/tmpVJBvaW/pip.zip/pip/wheel.py", line 34, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "/tmp/tmpVJBvaW/pip.zip/pip/_vendor/__init__.py", line 92, in load_module
  ImportError: No module named 'pip._vendor.distlib.scripts'
  
  
  $ python2.6 --version
  Python 2.6.9
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>With python2.7, either method works fine.</p>