Installing pip using easy_install

Question

I don\'t have root access and i want to install python from scratch. So I downloaded the python source code and compiled it. Next I wanted to install pip. But w

Answer 1

For those who have no root access, here is how I solved the issue.

1. Download Python (Gzipped source tarball).

2. Unzip and cd to the Python source directory.

3. Configure with the "--with-ensurepip=install" flag, e.g.,

   ./configure --prefix=[your-specified-dir] --with-zlib-dir=/usr/lib64 --with-ensurepip=install
   

4. make & make install

5. Now you should have a working but out-dated pip. To get the latest pip, download the get-pip.py file and run python get-pip.py

Now you should have the latest pip. Enjoy. :)