Why is Python easy_install not working on my Mac?

Question

I have a Mac running Python 2.6. When I try to use easy_install I get this message:

/usr/bin/easy_install-2.6:7: UserWarning: Module pkg_resourc         


        

Answer 1

I suspect the easiest way you can get easy_install working again is to install distribute, which is an improved version of distutils that bundles it's own version of easy_install. Installation is simple:

curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
/usr/bin/python2.6 distribute_setup.py