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Python - Is there any way to get pip without setuptools?

Seems kinda weird that they'd require a package manager to install a package manager. I'm on Windows BTW.

Solution

  • Pip does require setuptools. Pip is really just a wrapper around setuptools to provide a better installer than easy_install and some nicer installation behaviors, plus uninstall, requirements files, etc. Even if you somehow got pip installed without setuptools it still won't run without it.