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On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:

> tl;dr - easy_install sucks, so use pip
>
> It is common practice in python to run:
>
> python setup.py install
> or
> python setup.py develop
>
> So much so that we spend a giant amount of effort to make sure that
> those always work.
>
> Fortunately for us, the underlying mechanism, setuptools, can often be a
> pile of monkies. pip, while also with its fair share of issues, _is_ a
> bit better at navigating the shallow waters at times. SO - I'd like to
> suggest:
>
> Instead of:
>
> "python setup.py install"
>
> Run:
>
> "pip install ."
>
> It should have the exact same result, but pip can succeed in some places
> where setup.py install directly can fail.
>
> Also, if you'd like to run python setup.py develop, simply run:
>
> "pip install -e ."
>
> Which you may not have known will run setup.py develop behind the scenes.
>
> Things this will help with:
> - world peace
> - requirements processing
> - global hunger
> - the plague
>
> Enjoy.
>

+1 for you and all your fancy tricks! Thank you!


>
> Monty
>
> PS. The other should work. It's just sometimes it doesn't, and when it
> doesn't it's less my fault.
>
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