Top "Setuptools" questions

Setuptools builds on Python’s distutils to provide easier building, distribution, and installation of libraries and applications.

How to install pip with Python 3?

I want to install pip. It should support Python 3, but it requires setuptools, which is available only for Python 2. How …

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How do I remove packages installed with Python's easy_install?

Python's easy_install makes installing new packages extremely convenient. However, as far as I can tell, it doesn't implement the …

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No module named pkg_resources

I'm deploying a Django app to a dev server and am hitting this error when I run pip install -r …

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Why use pip over easy_install?

A tweet reads: Don't use easy_install, unless you like stabbing yourself in the face. Use pip. Why use pip …

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Installing SetupTools on 64-bit Windows

I'm running Python 2.7 on Windows 7 64-bit, and when I run the installer for setuptools it tells me that Python 2.7 is …

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What's the proper way to install pip, virtualenv, and distribute for Python?

Short Question What is the proper way to install pip, virtualenv, and distribute? Background In my answer to SO question 4314376, …

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Python setup.py develop vs install

Two options in setup.py develop and install are confusing me. According to this site, using develop creates a special …

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Reference requirements.txt for the install_requires kwarg in setuptools setup.py file

I have a requirements.txt file that I'm using with Travis-CI. It seems silly to duplicate the requirements in both …

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What is the official "preferred" way to install pip and virtualenv systemwide?

Is it this, which people seem to recommend most often: $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools $ sudo easy_install pip $ sudo pip …

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Why can I not create a wheel in python?

Here are the commands I am running: $ python setup.py bdist_wheel usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] […

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