[Distutils] Can't install google-api-python-client using pip

[Ned Deily]

In article 
<CANc-5UzPr1+Pw3nsq38RaPr1bvxV7hktz6ftRX3V_moCgc3y4A at mail.gmail.com>,
 Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hmmm... This morning this is working. I'm mystified.
> Actually, I should rephrase that. This morning this is working from my
> Linux machine at work. Yesterday I was twiddling bits from my Mac laptop
> more-or-less at home. I say, "more-or-less", because we are in a sublet for
> a bit and I was using the apartment building's "business center" to get on
> the net. I will have to try it from somewhere else with my laptop and see
> if it behaves differently.

Based on the messages, my guess is that you are not using the most 
recent version of pip and/or you may be trying to use it with an older 
version of OpenSSL.  Try upgrading to the latest pip; you may find that 
the download works or that you'll get a more meaningful message.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org