I know there are similar questions on SO. This, for example: What is the correct way to install pip, virtualenv, and the distribution for Python?
I would like to install these modules in accordance with my Learn Python the Hard Way tutorial: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex46.html
I was able (I think) to install pip using sudo easy_install pip, but when I started pydoc modules, I could not see it. Therefore, I’m not even sure that it is installed.
The answer above in question 4324558 is difficult for me to understand: what kind of bootstrap, what curl and why should I create a virtual environment? Yes, as a student, I should try to pick as much as I can, but I don’t want to create the universe first, I just want the task to be completed.
How to install these modules? Is it as complicated as it seems in the quoted answer? The main voice response says, "Install virtualenv in the bootstrap virtual environment. Use this virtual environment to create more. Since virtualenv comes with pip and is distributed, you get everything from one installation."
I really don't understand what all this means. Isn't there nothing about Zen Zen and one surefire way to succeed? Or am I out of context here? What is the “right way” to install these modules?
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pip install virtualenv :
Wheel installs require setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support.
pip wheel support requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support.
Storing debug log for failure in /Users/myname/.pip/pip.log
Mac python 2.7