How to get setuptools and easy_install?

Question

I downloaded the ez_setup code from here: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py and ran it, but i don't think setuptools was properly installed. When i try to open an egg using easy_install i am getting a NameError. Any thoughts?

Here is the specific error:

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "C:...setup.py", line 223, in <module>     easy_install eggsetup.py NameError: name 'easy_install' is not defined 

Answer 1

For linux versions(ubuntu/linux mint), you can always type this in the command prompt:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

This will automatically install easy_install.

Answer 2

For python3 on Ubuntu

 sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools