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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Python easy_install in a virtualenv gives setuptools error
There are a number of other StackOverflow questions similar to this one, but in each case, the platform was different or the error message was different or the solution had no effect or was outdated. I am trying to set up a Python 2.7.6 virtualenv…

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Can a Python package depend on a specific version control revision of another Python package?
Some useful Python packages are broken on pypi, and the only acceptable version is a particular revision in a revision control system. Can that be expressed in setup.py e.g
requires = 'svn://example.org/useful.package/trunk@1234' ?

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Install paramiko on Windows
OK. I read installing paramiko on Windows.
All mentioned methods simply do not work.
Authors have different environments with different components/libraries installed. Or may be they don't test their solutions before posting an answer :)
I removed…

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Issue with easy_install-2.7
After installing easy_install and trying to use it to then install a python package it fails.
[root@server]# easy_install-2.7 pip
Searching for pip
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/:…

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Installing numpy on Amazon EC2
I am having trouble installing numpy on an Amazon EC2 server. I have tried using easy_install, pip, pip inside a virtual env, pip inside another virtual env using python 2.7...
Every time I try, it fails with the error: gcc: internal compiler…

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Error when installing Scrapy on Ubuntu 13.04
When I try to install Scrapy on ubuntu 13.04 with the command sudo easy_install -U Scrapy, I get the following error:
Searching for Scrapy
Reading pypi.python.org/simple/Scrapy/
Best match: Scrapy 0.16.5
Processing Scrapy-0.16.5-py2.7.egg
Scrapy…

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How do I forbid easy_install from zipping eggs?
What must I put into distutils.cfg to prevent easy_install from ever installing a zipped egg? The compression is a nice thought, but I like to be able to grep through and debug that code.
I pulled in some dependencies with python setup.py develop .…

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easy_install pip == [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known
I have troubles installing pip for python 2.7.3 installed via pythonbrew:
pythonbrew update --master
pythonbrew install 2.7.3 --force
This fails on the final stage hanging when trying to fetch pip from pip.openplans.org:
Installed…

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ImportError: No module named distutils
Attempt to install psutils resulted a big headache...
$ python -V
Python 2.4.2
$ cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL = 4
$ cd psutil-2.1.1/
$ python setup.py install
Traceback (most recent call…

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pip installing data files to the wrong place
The source for the package is here
I'm installing the package from the index via:
easy_install hackertray
pip install hackertray
easy_install installs images/hacker-tray.png to the following…

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'easy_install' is not recognized as an in internal or external command, operable program or batch file
I have just downloaded and installed the latest version of Python on my Windows 7 machine.
Python 2.7.3
Now I want to install a Twitter library I found online:
However when I try to run easy_install tweepy, I get this error message:
'easy_install'…

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Python setup.py: ask for configuration data during setup
I package my Python application with PIP, providing a setup.py.
During installation, I want to ask the user for several values (user name, other configuration values), these values are then saved inside the application configfile stored inside the…

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Installing pyOpenSSL on Amazon Linux (EC2)
I'm using the first default AMI for amazon Linux on ec2 and can't seem to install pyOpenSSL.
I tried:
sudo wget http://launchpad.net/pyopenssl/main/0.11/+download/pyOpenSSL-0.11.tar.gz && easy_install pyOpenSSL-0.11.tar.gz.
Results were:
error:…

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How to get easy_install to ignore certifcate
Our network install is not the best, so I need to tell applications that communicate over ssl to ignore the certificate. Had to do the same this with NPM, etc. So now when I run...
$ easy_install pip
...
Download error on…

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Problem using easy_install on Windows 7, 64 bit. (cannot find python.exe)
I have just now installed Python 2.6 on my Windows 7 (64 bit) Lenovo t61p laptop.
I have downloaded Sphinx and nose and apparently installed them correctly using
python setup.py install
(at least no errors were reported during the…

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