Note: Httplib2 is starting to be packed in some distributions and you may be able to install it using your package manager of choice.

For example it is available in Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, and FreeBSD.

Instructions

The latest release of httplib2 can be downloaded from the from the Downloads page.

After downloading and unpacking the distribution archive, issue the following command:

$ python setup.py install

Proxy

If you want to use a proxy then you must install socks. You can get it from here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/socksipy/