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Kenneth Reitz committed Feb 7, 2012
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This is possible as well, though I do not recommend it. Just run
`easy_install` with root privileges::

$ sudo easy_install Flask
$ sudo pip install Flask

(On Windows systems, run it in a command-prompt window with administrator
privleges, and leave out `sudo`.)
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------------------

If you want to work with the latest version of Flask, there are two ways: you
can either let `easy_install` pull in the development version, or you can tell
can either let `pip` pull in the development version, or you can tell
it to operate on a git checkout. Either way, virtualenv is recommended.

Get the git checkout in a new virtualenv and run in development mode::
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$ . env/bin/activate
New python executable in env/bin/python
Installing setuptools............done.
$ easy_install Flask==dev
$ pip install Flask==dev
...
Finished processing dependencies for Flask==dev

.. _windows-easy-install:

`easy_install` on Windows
-------------------------
`pip` and `distribute` on Windows
-----------------------------------

On Windows, installation of `easy_install` is a little bit trickier, but still
quite easy. The easiest way to do it is to download the `ez_setup.py`_ file
and run it. The easiest way to run the file is to open your downloads folder
and double-click on the file.
quite easy. The easiest way to do it is to download the
`distribute_setup.py`_ file and run it. The easiest way to run the file is to
open your downloads folder and double-click on the file.

Next, add the `easy_install` command and other Python scripts to the
command search path, by adding your Python installation's Scripts folder
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Finally, double-click on the "Path" variable in the "System variables" section,
and add the path of your Python interpreter's Scripts folder. Be sure to
delimit it from existing values with a semicolon. Assuming you are using
Python 2.6 on the default path, add the following value::
Python 2.7 on the default path, add the following value::


;C:\Python26\Scripts
;C:\Python27\Scripts

And you are done! To check that it worked, open the Command Prompt and execute
``easy_install``. If you have User Account Control enabled on Windows Vista or
Windows 7, it should prompt you for administrator privileges.

Now that you have ``easy_install``, you can use it to install ``pip``::

.. _ez_setup.py: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
> easy_install pip


.. _distribute_setup.py: http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py

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