Using easy_install inside a python script?

Question

easy_install python extension allows to install python eggs from console like:

easy_install py2app

But is it possible to access easy_install functionality inside a python script? I means, without calling os.system( "easy_install py2app" ) but instead importing easy_install as a python module and using it's native methods?

Answer 1

When I look at the setup tools source, it looks like you can try the following.

from setuptools.command import easy_install
easy_install.main( ["-U","py2app"] )

Answer 2

from setuptools.command import easy_install

def install_with_easyinstall(package):
    easy_install.main(["-U", package]).

install_with_easyinstall('py2app')