PIP installer not working (not installing Django and other packages)

I was trying to install Django using the PIP installer today and I came across this error:

~$ sudo pip install -U django
Searching for install
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/install/
Couldn't find index page for 'install' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/
No local packages or download links found for install
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('install')

I found out the way to fix this problem was to reinstall pip using the easy installer and then update pip.

~$ sudo easy_install pip
~$ sudo pip install --upgrade pip

And this allowed me to install Django successfully.