python 3.2 import issue

Question

I\'ve been troubleshooting for the past few days trying to install distribute so I can start importing 3rd party modules. I haven\'t used python for a couple years so I\'m r

Answer 1

To install distribute (and pip, virtualenv):

#!/bin/bash
# download latest virtualenv.py
wget https://raw.github.com/pypa/virtualenv/master/virtualenv.py

# create a bootstrap virtual environment in ./venv directory
python3 virtualenv.py venv

To activate virtualenv:

$ . ./venv/bin/activate

Now you could use pip, easy_install to install other packages or use virtualenv-3.x to create new virtualenvs.

If you use many virtualenvs (different projects, different python versions); you could pip installvirtualenvwrapper to manage them easily e.g., workon/mkvirtualenv/rmvirtualenv commands.