title: Updating the pip.conf file to use https
body: <p>I am having trouble configuring my pip.conf file to stipulate that PIP should look for downloads from 
  <a href="https://pypi.python.org/simple/" rel="noreferrer">https://pypi.python.org/simple/</a> rather than <a href="http://pypi.python.org/simple/" rel="noreferrer">http://pypi.python.org/simple/</a> </p>
  
  <p>I have a related question posted <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24101300/pip-could-not-find-any-downloads-that-satisfy-the-requirement-sqlalchemy">PIP Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy</a> where a couple of people diagnosed what was going wrong. However I am having trouble putting in place the solution.</p>
  
  <p>I opend my pip.conf file located at <code>/home/user/.pip/pip.conf</code> using the <a href="https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#config-file" rel="noreferrer">pip config file documentation</a> I added the below. There is nothing else in the file. </p>
  
  <pre><code>[global]
  timeout = 60
  find-links = https://pypi.python.org/simple/
  
  [install]
  find-links = https://pypi.python.org/simple/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After saving an exiting there is no change. I still cannot run commands such as pip install </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ sudo pip install SQLAlchemy
  Downloading/unpacking SQLAlchemy
    Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/
    Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement SQLAlchemy
  No distributions at all found for SQLAlchemy
  Storing complete log in /home/user/.pip/pip.log 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My setup</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Ubunto 12.04 VM</li>
  </ul>