title: How can PIP be installed on Python version 2.5.4 running in Windows 95 environment?
body: <p><strong>Context</strong></p>
  
  <p>I'm constrained to using Python 2.5.4 in a Windows 95 environment and need PIP.  Those running versions earlier than 2.7.9 (after which PIP came pre-installed) are supposedly able to install PIP by following the instructions in this <a href="https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Obstacle</strong></p>
  
  <p>Trouble is the file, <a href="https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py" rel="nofollow noreferrer">get-pip.py</a>, referenced in the previous link is written with python 3 syntax, so at runtime it throws a host of SyntaxErrors in the 2.5.4 interpreter.</p>
  
  <p><strong>What I've already tried</strong></p>
  
  <p>I've managed to refactor get-pip.py, and it runs successfully up until it starts throwing more SyntaxErrors at the point where it executes the code derived from the binary blob, which I was unable to refactor.</p>
  
  <p>Based on a suggestion in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13270877/how-to-manually-install-a-pypi-module-without-pip-easy-install">this post</a>, I've tried to install other libraries, including the PIP package manager, from their unzipped tar files <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pip/1.3/#files" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(link to compatible PIP tar)</a> via the included Setup.py script.  In PIP's case, this throws <code>ImportError: No module named setuptools</code>.  My attempt to remedy this by installing the compatible version of setuptools per the instructions <a href="https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/0.8/#windows" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(link)</a> for Windows failed because of a dependency with <code>socket.py</code>.  And so on, and so forth.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>
  
  <p>Is PIP even possible in Windows 95 with Python 2.5.4?  If someone were to help me stop hoping it were possible, I'd let it go and move on; but as it is I've spent 19 solid hours hoping to solve this puzzle with little to show for it.  Please help!</p>