What’s the best way to download a python package and it’s dependencies from pypi for offline installation on another machine? Is there any easy way to do this with...
I’m a bit miffed by the python package installation process. Specifically, what’s the difference between packages installed in the dist-packages directory and the site-packages directory? 3 Answers 3
I use this command in the shell to install PIL: easy_install PIL then I run python and type this: import PIL. But I get this error: Traceback (most recent...
Is there a way to find all Python PyPI packages that were installed with easy_install or pip? I mean, excluding everything that was/is installed with the distributions tools (in...
I’m having difficulty installing lxml with easy_install on Ubuntu 11. When I type $ easy_install lxml I get: Searching for lxml Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/ Reading http://codespeak.net/lxml Best match: lxml 2.3...
Python’s easy_install makes installing new packages extremely convenient. However, as far as I can tell, it doesn’t implement the other common features of a dependency manager – listing and...
A tweet reads: Don’t use easy_install, unless you like stabbing yourself in the face. Use pip. Why use pip over easy_install? Doesn’t the fault lie with PyPI and package...
pip is a replacement for easy_install. But should I install pip using easy_install on Windows? Is there a better way? 40 Python 2.7.9+ and 3.4+ Good news! Python 3.4...