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EasyInstall is a package manager that provides a standard format to distribute Python programs and libraries. Part of the `setuptools` module.

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Development version on PyPI

In this 2011 post, it is argued that dev versions should not be uploaded to PyPI. Is this now (May 2013) still the case? If not, what is the suggested way to distribute development version of a Python Package.
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How to install python-ldap on a python 2.7 virtualenv on windows without compiling

I am using Windows as my main python 2.7 development environment and I want to install python-ldap on a virtual environment. The python-ldap package needs compiling :( and of course I can't compile it in my environment. So I tried finding binaries…
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easy_install with pypy while Python is installed

I installed PyPy while still having Python 2.7 on my system. How do I install and then use easy_install with PyPy? What is the syntax for distinguishing where I want to install to with easy_install? Should I set any environment variables for ease…
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Steps to install py2cairo?

Seems that pycairo was branched to py2cairo for 2.x versions back in May. There are no pip or easy_install installation options for py2cairo. I've grabbed the latest py2cairo tar, as well as the cairo 1.8.10 package which is registered as a…
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How can I install a specific version of pip via easy-install? - Mac OS Mavericks

I am constantly getting the Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/ whenever I try to pip install anything with the most recent pip version. I read on some other questions that pip was having SSL related issues in its latest…
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How to fully uninstall pip installed with easy_install?

On Windows 7, I install pip with easy_install and want to install a lower version of pip. I want to remove the old version, but have no idea how to completely remove the pip installed by easy_install (or if there is a way to do it without going…
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entry_points does not create custom scripts with pip, only with easy_install in Python

I'm packaging a script for the first time in python. It can be used both as a module, and an executable so I found out I could use entry_points = { 'console_scripts': [ 'myscript = myscript:main', ], } in my setup.py to…
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Problems with python easy install

I have a problem using easy_install for matplotlib-venn. I'm on a windows computer using python2.7. I'm suspecting the path is not correct but I do not know how to fix the problem. Could anyone help me? I'm attaching the output from trying to run…
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easy_install.exe Permission Denied on Windows 8

Running command prompt as an administrator I try to run: easy_install -U setuptools It returns the following: Searching for setuptools Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/setuptools/ Reading http://peak.telecommunity.com/snapshots/ Reading…
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setuptools, easy_install, and a custom pypi server

I've got a custom pypi server running and am wondering how to point all references to https://pypi.python.org/ from there to my custom server? I want to be able to cover cases of a user calling pip / easy_install of a package (so they don't have to…
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gsl error while Installing mlpy

I'm trying to install mlpy and I get the following error. I don't know where to start. Does someone have any clue? $ sudo easy_install mlpy-3.5.0.tar.gz Password: install_dir…
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Python - Is there any way to get pip without setuptools?

Seems kinda weird that they'd require a package manager to install a package manager. I'm on Windows BTW.
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Python - package installed with easy_install is not being detected (PIL 1.1.7)

I installed PIL with easy_install but for some reason when I run a file that uses it, I get: ImportError: No module named PIL Does anyone know why this could be? I think it's also worth mentioning that I installed web.py through easy_install and…
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Python install uninstall easy_install

I have two versions of python on my mac: One preinstalled by Apple in /usr/bin One from python.org in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6 easy_install always installs to /usr/bin for some ununderstanable reason So I explicitly now…
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pip, easy_install commands not working in Ubuntu. Python 2.7 and 3.4 are installed

I'm fairly new to python. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and have both python 2.7.6 and python 3.4.0 installed. I was trying to install BeautifulSoup but couldn't because I get an error saying The program 'pip' is currently not installed. I found that it…
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