@@ -77,18 +77,11 @@ extends the packaging and installation facilities provided by the distutils
7777in the standard library. Once you add Distribute to your Python system you can
7878download and install any compliant Python software product with a single
7979command. It also enables you to add this network installation capability to
80- your own Python software with very little work.
80+ your own Python software with very little work. Homebrew already installed
81+ Distribute for you.
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82- Homebrew already installed Distribute for you. Its ``easy_install `` command is
83- considered by many to be deprecated, so we will install its replacement:
84- **pip **. Pip allows for uninstallation of packages, and is actively maintained,
85- unlike easy_install.
86-
87- To install pip, simply open a command prompt and run
88-
89- .. code-block :: console
90-
91- $ easy_install pip
83+ Happily, when you ran `brew install python `, Homebrew also installed **pip **.
84+ Pip allows for uninstallation of packages, and is actively maintained.
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9487Virtualenv
@@ -127,6 +120,9 @@ environment. Put your own code within a subdirectory of the environment,
127120however you wish. When you no longer need a particular environment, simply
128121copy your code out of it, and then delete the main directory for the environment.
129122
123+ An useful set of extensions to virtualenv is available in virtualenvwrapper,
124+ `RTFD <http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ >`_ to find out more.
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