EasyInstall is a package manager that provides a standard format to distribute Python programs and libraries. Part of the `setuptools` module.
Questions tagged [easy-install]
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Uninstall Easy_Install
So I installed Python 2.7.1 from source on a server using stow. I have been careless in the past, and I am trying to keep organized when dealing with source installs. So, enter stow. Now I installed easy_install with wget and running the…

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Ignore ssl certs for easy install python
I have my lib which has setup as
setup.py
from setuptools import setup
setup(
setup_requires=['pbr>=0.11.0'],
pbr=True
)
setup.cfg
[metadata]
name = MyLib
[options]
zip_safe = False
include_package_data = True
install_requires =
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Cannot remove entries from nonexistent easy-install.pth file
When using python/pip to install a module, it is possible to receive the error Cannot remove entries from nonexistent file /easy-install.pth
There are a couple of Q/A's here on Stack Overflow about very specific cases of this (e.g.…

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"/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files" installing pip on MacOS
I ran into some issues using pip on my mac, and uninstalled it altogether.
Now when I try to reinstall it, running $sudo easy_install pip I get:
TEST FAILED: /lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or…

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easy_install - pyCurl install issue
I am trying to install pyCurl using easy_install, but I get the following error
In file included from src/docstrings.c:4:
src/pycurl.h:170:13: fatal error: 'openssl/crypto.h' file not found
include
1 error generated.
error: Setup…

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After using easy_install to install an egg, I get an ImportError when importing the module
We produce 2 Python applications that are distributed as egg files. We've produced them under Python 2.5.4 for years, but are now in the process of bringing them both up to 2.7.13. In this process, 1 of the 2 applications is now exhibiting weird…

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Python ImportError after setup.py
After installing my python project with setup.py and executing it in terminal I get the following error:
...
from ui.mainwindow import MainWindow
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/EpiPy-0.1-py2.7.egg/epipy/ui/mainwindow.py", line 9, in…

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"AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__getstate__' " shows up when I use easy_install
For some reason, every time I attempt to install a new module using easy_install, I'm getting the error:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__getstate__'
I'm using setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6

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Problems installing a package from PyPI: root files not installed
After installing the BitTorrent-bencode package, either via easy_install BitTorrent-bencode or pip install BitTorrent-bencode, or by downloading the tarball and installing that via easy_install $tarball, I discover that…

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Python ImportError: no module named os
Trying to upgrade matplotlib as in this post, I ran
export PYTHONHOME=/usr/lib/python2.7/
sudo easy_install -U distribute
sudo pip install --upgrade matplotlib
Now whenever I try to run python I get ImportError: no module named os. What happened?…

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Install pip for IronPython on commandline
Is it possible to install and use pip with IronPython via the commandline? (I am not doing this via PTVS.)
Things I have tried already:
Looked at this SO question: Installing Python Packages - IronPython, but it hasn't been answered or updated for…

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Python six library error while using spynner
I installed python, pip and easy_install on my computer.
and with pip command installed spynner but i've got an error with autopy installation,
but i solved it by using easy_install and after installation, i tried to use spynner but it give me an…

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Windows 8.1, Python(x,y) 2.7.6.0: "python easy_install" fails with SSL certificate error
On Windows 8.1, with Python(x,y) 2.7.6.0: "python easy_install" fails with SSL certificate error:
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Searching for behave
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/behave/
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a…

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Can setup.py use pip rather than easy_install?
I have been trying to work this out for some time, I even tried asking the question here, but did so rather badly. Since then, I've come to understand what is going on a little better. I believe the root of the problem is that when I run python…

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python easy_install pylint Error: The system cannot find the file specified
I was getting the error 'error: Setup script exited with error: The system cannot find the file specified' When i was trying to install pylint on my windows 7 machine using esay_install.
It is not working for pylint only.
I successfully installed…

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