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Really basic documentation about install pip #5

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Installing pip
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Using easy_install
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This may have to be run as root. ::

$ easy_install -U pip

Using source
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You can find the source on PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip::

$ tar xvfz pip-*.*.*.tar.gz
$ cd pip-*.*.*
$ python setup.py install # may need to be root

Installing development version
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First you will need to clone the git repo::

$ git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip.git

Now we can install from the repo::

$ cd pip
$ python setup.py install # may need to be root