Christoph Haas discusses virtualenv, easy_install, pip, apt/yum
https://workaround.org/easy-install-debian
Stackoverflow says [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220404/why-use-pip-over-easy-install/ use pip over easy_install], but things have been changing over the past few years, so the future/best practice may require a bit more digging.
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