Does python have a ruby installer like gem that lets you install modules from the command line even if they are not on your machine?

Question

With Ruby you can do gem install from the command line to install a module...even if it is not on your machine.

Can you do that with python. Does someone know of a module?

Seth

Answer 1

no it does not have a ruby installer that I know of. It does have easy_install and pip though. Your google-fu is lacking.

Answer 2

There's setuptools, which allows you to install packages from PyPi via easy_install. Another option is pip, which also installs from PyPi.