ERROR pip configuration_error ai_generated true

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement (from versions: none). No matching distribution found

ID: pip/index-url-invalid

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90%Fix Rate
92%Confidence
50Evidence
2022-06-01First Seen

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Root Cause

The configured package index URL is invalid, unreachable, or does not contain the requested package. Often caused by typo in --index-url, wrong pip.conf, or private index that requires authentication.

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Workarounds

  1. 92% success Verify and fix the index URL: pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ <package> 
    Check pip config list for index-url, fix typos, and ensure the URL ends with /simple/
  2. 88% success Use --extra-index-url to add PyPI as fallback alongside private index 
    pip install --index-url https://private.index/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ <package>
  3. 85% success Configure authentication for private index using keyring or netrc 
    pip install keyring && pip config set global.index-url https://user:[email protected]/simple/

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Keep retrying with the same index URL 95% fail

    If the URL is wrong or the index does not carry the package, retrying will never work

  2. Use --no-index without providing --find-links 99% fail

    Disables all indexes without providing an alternative source; pip cannot find any packages

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