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POWhy is Python easy_install not working on my Mac?
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copied!<p>I have a Mac running Python 2.6. When I try to use <code>easy_install</code> I get this message:</p> <pre><code>/usr/bin/easy_install-2.6:7: UserWarning: Module pkg_resources was already imported from /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.pyc, but /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages is being added to sys.path from pkg_resources import load_entry_point /usr/bin/easy_install-2.6:7: UserWarning: Module site was already imported from /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site.pyc, but /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages is being added to sys.path from pkg_resources import load_entry_point Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/easy_install-2.6", line 10, in <module> load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c9', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')() File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 271, in load_entry_point return False File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2173, in load_entry_point deps = [] ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'easy_install') not found </code></pre> <p>I am very confused by this and I want to know how I can fix this. Previously I didn't get this message, then after installing <code>pip</code> and uninstalling it, easy_install no longer works. I was wondering how I could fix this, or restore the default Python or easy_install setting on Mac.</p>

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