If you want to use your own or nexus repo to download the packages , use below process Create folder if not exists in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\pip in windows Create pip.ini file on windows AppData>Roaming>pip folder Copy the below lines and place in pip.ini file [global] index-url=https://<repo.com>/nexus/repository/ae-pypi-group/simple trusted-host=<repo.com> On unix default configuration file is $HOME/.config/pip/pip.conf which respects XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable. On MacOs the configuration file is $HOME/Library/Application Support/pip/pip.conf