Accessing python program "easy_install"

[Todd Zullinger]

Thompson Freeman wrote:
> I would like to try a program "libprs500" which can be located
> through https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net. Instructions are given for
> Fedora 7, which I would assume (silly me) would also apply to an up
> to date Fedora 8, like I have. Per instructions, I have yum
> installed python- setuptools, python-imaging, and verified that I
> have all the requested rpms installed.
> 
> The next step calls for running easy_install, which is apparently a
> Python install system for something called a python egg.
> 
> On my F8 system, there is no easy_install command accessible to the
> normal root user.
> 
> There is an easy_install.py file, buried back in the python
> installation, which isn't doing the job.
> 
> I'm missing something obvious, and would really appreciate a clue
> here.

The easy_install script was moved from python-setuptools to
python-setuptools-devel.  The rather long story behind this move is at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/251645.

Hopefully just installing python-setuptools-devel will get you going.

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