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Questions tagged [easy-install]

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installing wxpython via pip or easy_install

I am running into some problems installing wxpython using pip. Here is my current output: [myuserid]% sudo pip install wxpython Downloading/unpacking wxpython Downloading wxPython2.8-win64-devel-2.8.11.0-msvc9x64.tar.bz2 (7.2Mb): 7.2Mb downloaded …
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easy_install will not connect through proxy

I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 64-bit under VirtualBox, and it seems that everything except easy_install and pip can connect to the Internet. I have set and exported the http_proxy environment variable, and also set up the proxy address in every…
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In Ubuntu/Debian, how do I mark a package as non-auto removable?

Suppose I have a package (a Python package in this case) that I install using Synaptic. Because the version of this package is somewhat outdated, I remove it in Synaptic and then install it using easy_install. One of its dependencies was also…
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Why is pip not listed in easy_install on CentOS 6? Where to get it?

I am trying to install pip for python on CentOS 6. I thought of installing it through easy_install but it is not there. I tried to find easy_install with find command, but no luck. I tried to re-install python with yum and still not able to find…
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OS X Lion easy_install requires sudo ...?

I'm on OS X Lion and wanting to setup python virtual environments. I want to use virtualenvwrapper. Can someone confirm that the correct way to do this is to install packages via easy_install (and subsequently pip) is using sudo Context: to…
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SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED error in a docker container

I'm running into the following error message when I do easy_install pip: root@ff45b7b74944:/# easy_install pip Searching for pip Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ Download error on https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/: [SSL:…
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Why do I get easy_install error "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone'"?

I'm trying to run the command: easy_install MySQLdb But, I'm getting the error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' I'm using Windows 7 x64 with Python 2.6 x86 (I've tried Python x64, but I get the same error). I'm also using setuptools…
Nick Bolton
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The suggested way to handle pip(easy_install) with homebrew?

I know there are brew-gem and brew-pip but it is still really easy to get confused. Let's say my Mac OS X is 10.7.2. There are at least, as far as I know, 3 locations for Python modules (assume…
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Easy_install the wrong version of python modules (Mac OS)

I installed Python 2.7 on my Mac. When typing "python" in terminal, it shows: $ python Python 2.7 (r27:82508, Jul 3 2010, 20:17:05) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more…
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Do pip and easy_install download Python packages securely?

For example, do they check a digital signature (like apt-get and Windows Update) or can they be required to use SSL? If not, I'm a bit concerned that the downloaded packages could be trojaned..
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python /usr/bin command not found

System: Mountain Lion 10.8. I tried to uninstall python 2.7 and therefore i also deleted /usr/bin/python. However, after that i needed python again and i installed in again. Now I want to use easy_install to install matlibplot etc.. Unfortunately,…
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Python easy_install confused on Mac OS X

Environment info: $ which python /usr/bin/python $ python Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jul 7 2009, 23:51:51) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin $ echo…
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How to install an older version of Firefox easily?

I am an Ubuntu user and I would like to have an older version of Firefox on my system (to enable TiddlyWiki to write to my file system). I found in Internet the sequence of steps for installation of older version. However, I would like to go a…
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easy_install install Trac 0.11, but I want 0.12

I run the following on Debian: (#:~)- easy_install Trac Searching for Trac Best match: Trac 0.11.1 Adding Trac 0.11.1 to easy-install.pth file Installing trac-admin script to /usr/bin Installing tracd script to /usr/bin Using…
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How do I install easy_install?

I am doing a project for a class in Python and I am a very inexperienced programmer and terrible with computers. Is there a simple way to install easy_install so I can use the classes from the package coinor.blimpy from…
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