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Step 1: Install Distribute & Pip
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**Distribute** is a fantastic drop-in replacment for **easy_install** and **setuptools**. It allows you to install and manage python packages from PyPi, amongst a few other sources.
**Distribute** is a fantastic drop-in replacement for **easy_install** and **setuptools**. It allows you to install and manage python packages from PyPi, amongst a few other sources.
To install it, run the python script available here:
<http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py>
Make sure that ```C:\Python27\```, and ```C:\Python27\Scripts``` are in your PATH.
**easy_install** is considered by many to be a deprecated system, so we will install it's replacment: **pip**. Pip allows for uninstallation of packages, and is actively maintained, unlike setuptool's easy_install.
**easy_install** is considered by many to be a deprecated system, so we will install it's replacement: **pip**. Pip allows for uninstallation of packages, and is actively maintained, unlike setuptool's easy_install.
To install pip, simply run: ::