If your here probably you have run into the same problems. You can't run easy_install and get something like this
Searching for turbogears Reading http://www.turbogears.org/preview/download/index.html error: Download error: (10060, 'Operation timed out')
Therefore here is the tip, there is a environment variable:
Linux
export http_proxy="http://your.proxy.com:yourPort"
or if you need proxy authentication:
export http_proxy="http://user:passwd@your.proxy.com:yourPort"
Windows
tested on XP
set HTTP_PROXY=http://your.proxy.com:yourPort
you can also use the "" in windows
Mac
TODO
after that go back to your easy_install command
Proceed as usual
easy_install -f http://www.turbogears.org/preview/download/index.html TurboGears
Work Around
if by some change you can't set the proxy or want to do an offline install download all the eggs and run easy_install with local packages.