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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2013-08-17 14:22:10 -0400
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Tips & Techniques
-----------------
-
Multiple Python Versions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-As of version 0.6a11, EasyInstall installs itself under two names:
+EasyInstall installs itself under two names:
``easy_install`` and ``easy_install-N.N``, where ``N.N`` is the Python version
-used to install it. Thus, if you install EasyInstall for both Python 2.3 and
-2.4, you can use the ``easy_install-2.3`` or ``easy_install-2.4`` scripts to
-install packages for Python 2.3 or 2.4, respectively.
-
-Also, if you're working with Python version 2.4 or higher, you can run Python
-with ``-m easy_install`` to run that particular Python version's
-``easy_install`` command.
+used to install it. Thus, if you install EasyInstall for both Python 3.2 and
+2.7, you can use the ``easy_install-3.2`` or ``easy_install-2.7`` scripts to
+install packages for the respective Python version.
+Setuptools also supplies easy_install as a runnable module which may be
+invoked using ``python -m easy_install`` for any Python with Setuptools
+installed.
Restricting Downloads with ``--allow-hosts``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~