Quote:I had to do this method to install pygame on windows on somewhere near python3.2 to python3.4. (assuming i did not want to install a compiler) I could not get pip to install pygame for the life of me.In very difficult cases will try a lot other stuff,but pip should be a first advice in all cases.
Quote:This is based on the fact of one fed up with pip (like me) and wants an alternative.There will not and be an official alternative to pip in Python and that's good,
For many year the Python packaging ecosystem was in a rather confusing and messy state
I think most people in Python community are happy that we now have one clear choice.
Donald Stufft dos really good job with pip.
Quote:Besides if people are abandoning python due to either pip problems/unaware of pip usage...is it really that big of a deal to try an alternative method? For bs4 it is a simple copy and paste of 2 directories.Juggling between 2 version 2.7 and 3.5 can be confusing when you new to this.
He did not follow exactly what a did advice in my post which would have worked,
think there where a mix-up between version i the way he did choose to do it.