1---2title: 'EasyInstall - CPAN for Python?'3date: '2007-05-17'4published_at: '2007-05-17T11:19:00.000+10:00'5tags: ['code', 'programming', 'python']6author: 'Gavin Jackson'7excerpt: 'In a nutshell, dowload EasyInstall from: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install This now allows you to install python packages (called eggs). Like CPAN for PERL, i...'8updated_at: '2007-05-17T11:32:24.638+10:00'9legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2007/05/easyinstall-cpan-for-python.html'10---1112In a nutshell, dowload EasyInstall from:1314[http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install](http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install)1516This now allows you to install python packages (called eggs). Like CPAN for PERL, it automates the download, build and installation process. More importantly, it lets you easily grab the python mechanise package.1718```19easy_install mechanize20```2122Learn more here:23[http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/](http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/)242526