@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ source $TOP_DIR/tools/install_prereqs.sh

 # Configure an appropriate python environment

 if [[ "$OFFLINE" != "True" ]]; then

-    $TOP_DIR/tools/install_pip.sh

+    PYPI_ALTERNATIVE_URL=$PYPI_ALTERNATIVE_URL $TOP_DIR/tools/install_pip.sh

 fi

 # Do the ugly hacks for borken packages and distros

@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ function install_get_pip {

 }

+function configure_pypi_alternative_url {

+    PIP_ROOT_FOLDER="$HOME/.pip"

+    PIP_CONFIG_FILE="$PIP_ROOT_FOLDER/pip.conf"

+    if [[ ! -d $PIP_ROOT_FOLDER ]]; then

+        echo "Creating $PIP_ROOT_FOLDER"

+        mkdir $PIP_ROOT_FOLDER

+    fi

+    if [[ ! -f $PIP_CONFIG_FILE ]]; then

+        echo "Creating $PIP_CONFIG_FILE"

+        touch $PIP_CONFIG_FILE

+    fi

+    if ! ini_has_option "$PIP_CONFIG_FILE" "global" "index-url"; then

+        #it means that the index-url does not exist

+        iniset "$PIP_CONFIG_FILE" "global" "index-url" "$PYPI_OVERRIDE"

+    fi

+

+}

+

+

 # Show starting versions

 get_versions

@@ -60,6 +79,10 @@ uninstall_package python-pip

 install_get_pip

+if [[ -n $PYPI_ALTERNATIVE_URL ]]; then

+    configure_pypi_alternative_url

+fi

+

 pip_install -U setuptools

 get_versions