Oracle Linux - Install Python setuptools

When working with Python and when you like to make your life more easy when installing new modules and functions it is commonly a best practice to use things like for example pip and/pr Python setuptools. Python setuptools will help you to easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. The setup of the setuptools on Oracle Linux is basically a single command to get things working. Executing the command will download a python script and execute it. This script will ensure the setuptool will be downloaded and installed correctly on your system.

You can download and execute the script manually and in two steps, you can also do this in one go and ensure that you only need a single command to install the setuptools on Oracle Linux. Below is an example of the single command which involves a wget and sending the result to Python for execution.

[root@localhost ~]# wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | python
--2015-10-06 16:06:27--  https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py
Resolving bootstrap.pypa.io (bootstrap.pypa.io)... 185.31.18.175
Connecting to bootstrap.pypa.io (bootstrap.pypa.io)|185.31.18.175|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11434 (11K) [text/x-python]
Saving to: âSTDOUTâ

100%[==================================>] 11,434      --.-K/s   in 0s

2015-10-06 16:06:28 (534 MB/s) - written to stdout [11434/11434]

Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-18.3.2.zip
Extracting in /tmp/tmpuwKkuT
Now working in /tmp/tmpuwKkuT/setuptools-18.3.2
Installing Setuptools
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing requirements to setuptools.egg-info/requires.txt
writing setuptools.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to setuptools.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to setuptools.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt
reading manifest file 'setuptools.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
writing manifest file 'setuptools.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
copying easy_install.py -> build/lib
creating build/lib/_markerlib
copying _markerlib/__init__.py -> build/lib/_markerlib
copying _markerlib/markers.py -> build/lib/_markerlib
creating build/lib/pkg_resources
copying pkg_resources/__init__.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources
creating build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/__init__.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/archive_util.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/compat.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/depends.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/dist.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/extension.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/lib2to3_ex.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/msvc9_support.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/package_index.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/py26compat.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/py27compat.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/py31compat.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/sandbox.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/site-patch.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/ssl_support.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/unicode_utils.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/utils.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/version.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/windows_support.py -> build/lib/setuptools
creating build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/__init__.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor
creating build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/__about__.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/__init__.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/_compat.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/_structures.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/specifiers.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/version.py -> build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
creating build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/__init__.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/alias.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/bdist_rpm.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/build_ext.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/build_py.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/develop.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/easy_install.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/egg_info.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install_egg_info.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install_lib.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install_scripts.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/register.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/rotate.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/saveopts.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/sdist.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/setopt.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/test.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/upload_docs.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/script (dev).tmpl -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/script.tmpl -> build/lib/setuptools
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
copying build/lib/easy_install.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/_markerlib
copying build/lib/_markerlib/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/_markerlib
copying build/lib/_markerlib/markers.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/_markerlib
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/__about__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/_compat.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/_structures.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/specifiers.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
copying build/lib/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/version.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/archive_util.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/compat.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/depends.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/dist.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/extension.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/lib2to3_ex.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/msvc9_support.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/package_index.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/py26compat.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/py27compat.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/py31compat.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/sandbox.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/site-patch.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/ssl_support.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/unicode_utils.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/utils.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/version.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/windows_support.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/__init__.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/alias.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/bdist_rpm.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/build_ext.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/build_py.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/develop.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/easy_install.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/egg_info.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install_egg_info.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install_lib.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/register.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/rotate.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/saveopts.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/sdist.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/setopt.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/test.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/script (dev).tmpl -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/script.tmpl -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/easy_install.py to easy_install.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/_markerlib/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/_markerlib/markers.py to markers.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/__about__.py to __about__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/_compat.py to _compat.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/_structures.py to _structures.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/specifiers.py to specifiers.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/version.py to version.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/archive_util.py to archive_util.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/compat.py to compat.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/depends.py to depends.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/dist.py to dist.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/extension.py to extension.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/lib2to3_ex.py to lib2to3_ex.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/msvc9_support.py to msvc9_support.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/package_index.py to package_index.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/py26compat.py to py26compat.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/py27compat.py to py27compat.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/py31compat.py to py31compat.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/sandbox.py to sandbox.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/site-patch.py to site-patch.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/ssl_support.py to ssl_support.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/unicode_utils.py to unicode_utils.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/utils.py to utils.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/version.py to version.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/windows_support.py to windows_support.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/alias.py to alias.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py to bdist_egg.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/bdist_rpm.py to bdist_rpm.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py to bdist_wininst.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/build_ext.py to build_ext.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/build_py.py to build_py.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/develop.py to develop.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py to easy_install.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/egg_info.py to egg_info.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/install.py to install.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/install_egg_info.py to install_egg_info.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/install_lib.py to install_lib.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py to install_scripts.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/register.py to register.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/rotate.py to rotate.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/saveopts.py to saveopts.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/sdist.py to sdist.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/setopt.py to setopt.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/test.py to test.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py to upload_docs.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/requires.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/zip-safe -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
creating dist
creating 'dist/setuptools-18.3.2-py2.7.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing setuptools-18.3.2-py2.7.egg
Copying setuptools-18.3.2-py2.7.egg to /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Adding setuptools 18.3.2 to easy-install.pth file
Installing easy_install script to /usr/bin
Installing easy_install-2.7 script to /usr/bin

Installed /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for setuptools==18.3.2
Finished processing dependencies for setuptools==18.3.2
[root@localhost ~]#

In esscence there is nothing more to installing the Python setuptools on Oracle Linux. A single command will ensure you are in business and you are good to go.