So being out of touch lately, I realized that there were Python packages that were best installed via eggs and/or the Python Cheese Shop. Being clueless about it all, I managed to get it working (in Ubuntu) fairly easily using the following method:
- Install the python-setuptools package either via the Synaptic Package Manager or just:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools - Then you can use:
sudo easy_install packagename
It really doesn’t get much easier than that. I guess I just have been in the dark because the major packages I use have debian packages maintained for Ubuntu. But this essentially is an apt-get for Python packages maintained via the Cheese Shop. Mostly, I just wanted to document the Ubuntu part of it while also proving how out of touch I am with the Python community… at least with regard to certain things.
Linux / Unix-Like 