Python-pip in Cygwin
How to easily and consistently install Pip in Cygwin
5 August 2014
Permissions Weirdness
Launch Cygwin with Administrator priveledges, then change the permissions for the directories /usr/lib and /usr/bin:
chmod 775 /usr/lib
chmod 775 /usr/bin
Install easy_install
Install easy install using the following command:
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | python
Install pip
Use the following command to install pip:
easy_install pip
Oddly, I had to run this in a directory that wasn’t my home directory, but once I did, it worked fine.
Done
Now you install whatever you want using pip, things like virtualenv or flask.