how to install setuptools in mac

python django macos installation pip

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Download ez_setup.py module from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
Open a Terminal.
cd to the directory where you put the ez_setup.py.
Type python ez_setup.py and run it.
You should have it then.

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Updated on July 17, 2022

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Sascuash almost 2 years
I'm trying to install via pip some libraries but I'm having some problems.

When I try to install some of them I require for my project I get this message:
```
$ sudo pip install dj-database-url==0.2.0
Downloading/unpacking dj-database-url==0.2.0
  Downloading dj-database-url-0.2.0.tar.gz
Cleaning up...
setuptools must be installed to install from a source distribution
```
It also happens when trying to install distribute==0.6.24

Any ideas?
Marko Gresak about 9 years

I'm not sure if this was on the page at the time of this answer, but the section Unix including Mac OS X (curl) provides a command curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | python, which does exactly as described in answer, just with a single action and without having to download/remove the file explicitly. AFAIK curl is pre-installed on every Mac OS X system.
sarfarazsajjad over 8 years

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | python gives me error File "<stdin>", line 1 <html><body><h1>503 Service Unavailable</h1> ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
brian d foy over 4 years

This method is now deprecated: github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/581