Use easy_install to install pip and then don't use easy_install for anything
else. Use pip to manage your python packages.
Setting up setuptools/easy_install is super simple, depending on your platform:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installation-instructions
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--Leo
Nimret Sandhu wrote:
I must say I am quite disappointed with the complexities involved in setting
up 3rd party packages within a python environment. I have been looking into
automating some tasks using python/ssh via paramiko. I tried using
'easy_install' to download it and it looks like that wasn't even installed
with the basic python install. Perhaps I have to download this other package
called 'setuptools' first - not sure.
Anyways, I pretty much gave up and found 2 java libs, one of which I was able
to get up & running from within jython in 5 mins.
what's the story with python's package management these days? easy_install,
setuptools, etc .. what are they and how are they supposed to be used? If devs
can't figure this morass out, how are users supposed to?
