Trying to install pymongo on ubuntu 12.04 - mongodb

Question

Background Information:
Hi there. I'm trying to get mongodb and python (2.7.8) working on my ubuntu 12.04 box.
I've got mongodb installed and running...
I *think I have python set up too. Now I'm trying to install pymongo.
Problem
When I try to install pymongo, this is what i get:
me#mydev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$ pip install pymongo
Downloading/unpacking pymongo
Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pymongo
No distributions at all found for pymongo
Storing complete log in /home/me/.pip/pip.log
me#mydev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$
The log file pip.log looks like this: http://pastebin.com/15wv38kf
Based on the logs, tt *seems like I need to update the repositories to look for the package in a different URL... but I'm not sure what library / url to add.
Other things I've tested / checked:
Retrieved updated package list:
sudo apt-get update
Proved that python 2.7.8 is installed:
me#medev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$ python
Python 2.7.8 (default, Nov 5 2014, 15:18:10)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
Proved that PIP is installed:
me#medev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$ pip
Usage: pip COMMAND [OPTIONS]
pip: error: You must give a command (use "pip help" to see a list of commands)
me#medev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$
Proved that mongodb is installed (but apparently not setup properly!):
me#medev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.6.5
connecting to: test
2014-11-06T08:23:47.444-0500 warning: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:111 Connection refused
2014-11-06T08:23:47.444-0500 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 (127.0.0.1), connection attempt failed at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:146
exception: connect failed
me#medev:~/Documents/Python-2.7.8$
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
EDIT 1
I tried to just install using the package manager as suggested, but that doesn't seem to work. Please see the results at: http://pastebin.com/V56KXzFT
Perhaps my test to prove pymongo is installed is faulty?
EDIT 2
I can't remember now but I think by default Ubuntu 12.0.4 comes with python 2.7.3 or something like that. But I'm doing a course, and it requires 2.7.8.
Initially, I downloaded a zip file for python 2.7.6 and saved it in my Documents folder...
I extracted it and ran
./compile
make
make install
then I realized that I needed 2.7.8 and so I did the same thing. Downloaded the zip ... and
compiled.
This is the link that I used as a reference to install 2.7.8:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/101591/how-do-i-install-python-2-7-2-on-ubuntu
Could this be related to the issue?

Answer 1

"pip install pymongo" works fine on my Linux box:
$ sudo pip install pymongo
Downloading/unpacking pymongo
Downloading pymongo-2.7.2.tar.gz (381kB): 381kB downloaded
Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/pymongo/setup.py) egg_info for package pymongo
Installing collected packages: pymongo
Running setup.py install for pymongo
building 'bson._cbson' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Ibson -I/usr/local/include/python2.7 -c bson/_cbsonmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/_cbsonmodule.o
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Ibson -I/usr/local/include/python2.7 -c bson/time64.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/time64.o
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Ibson -I/usr/local/include/python2.7 -c bson/buffer.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/buffer.o
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Ibson -I/usr/local/include/python2.7 -c bson/encoding_helpers.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/encoding_helpers.o
gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/_cbsonmodule.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/time64.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/buffer.o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/encoding_helpers.o -L/usr/local/lib -lpython2.7 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/bson/_cbson.so
building 'pymongo._cmessage' extension
< ... snip ... >
Successfully installed pymongo
Cleaning up...
I'd guess it failed for you because, perhaps, you first must upgrade "pip" itself.
I notice you've tried various methods of installing PyMongo, and some methods work but when you do "import pymongo" in Python it fails. Here, I guess that you have multiple version of Python installed, and that your default Python is different from the system Python for which PyMongo was installed.