Can I use easy_install?

Question

Can I use easy_install on Ubuntu 10.10? If yes, then how?

Answer 1

easy_install is the part of python-setuptools. First install python-setuptools

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

Then you can use easy_install to install from pypi

You need to use sudo with easy_install i.e.

sudo easy_install module_name

eg: sudo easy_install py2app

Or there is another module python-pip which will also help in installing from pypi with command

sudo pip install module_name

eg: sudo pip install py2app