How to get setuptools and easy_install?

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dopatraman picture dopatraman · Dec 28, 2011 · Viewed 188k times · Source

I downloaded the ez_setup code from here: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py and ran it, but i don't think setuptools was properly installed. When i try to open an egg using easy_install i am getting a NameError. Any thoughts?

Here is the specific error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:...setup.py", line 223, in <module>
    easy_install eggsetup.py
NameError: name 'easy_install' is not defined

Answer

Anusha Rao picture Anusha Rao · Oct 30, 2013

For linux versions(ubuntu/linux mint), you can always type this in the command prompt:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

this will automatically install eas-_install

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