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The PyPA recommended tool for installing and managing Python packages.
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pip is a replacement for easy_install. It uses mostly the same techniques
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for finding packages, so packages that were made easy_installable should
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be pip-installable as well.
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pip is meant to improve on easy_install. Some of the improvements:
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* All packages are downloaded before installation. Partially-completed
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installation doesn't occur as a result.
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* Care is taken to present useful output on the console.
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* The reasons for actions are kept track of. For instance, if a package
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is being installed, pip keeps track of why that package was required.
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* Error messages should be useful.
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* Packages don't have to be installed as egg archives, they can be
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installed flat (while keeping the egg metadata).
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