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diff --git a/docs/other-tools.rst b/docs/other-tools.rst deleted file mode 100644 index e6ad9120e..000000000 --- a/docs/other-tools.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -=========== -Other tools -=========== - -virtualenv ----------- - -pip is most nutritious when used with `virtualenv -<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`__. One of the reasons pip -doesn't install "multi-version" eggs is that virtualenv removes much of the need -for it. Because pip is installed by virtualenv, just use -``path/to/my/environment/bin/pip`` to install things into that -specific environment. - -To tell pip to only run if there is a virtualenv currently activated, -and to bail if not, use:: - - export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true - -easy_install ------------- - -pip was originally written to improve on `easy_install <http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html>`_ in the following ways: - -* All packages are downloaded before installation. Partially-completed - installation doesn't occur as a result. - -* Care is taken to present useful output on the console. - -* The reasons for actions are kept track of. For instance, if a package is - being installed, pip keeps track of why that package was required. - -* Error messages should be useful. - -* The code is relatively concise and cohesive, making it easier to use - programmatically. - -* Packages don't have to be installed as egg archives, they can be installed - flat (while keeping the egg metadata). - -* Native support for other version control systems (Git, Mercurial and Bazaar) - -* Uninstallation of packages. - -* Simple to define fixed sets of requirements and reliably reproduce a - set of packages. - -pip doesn't do everything that easy_install does. Specifically: - -* It cannot install from eggs. That’s not a problem anymore though because pip - supports the superior binary `wheel format - <https://wheel.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ since the 1.4 release. - -* It is incompatible with some packages that extensively customize distutils - or setuptools in their ``setup.py`` files. - - -buildout --------- - -If you are using `zc.buildout -<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout>`_ you should look at -`gp.recipe.pip <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gp.recipe.pip>`_ as an -option to use pip and virtualenv in your buildouts. - |