RANT why the *%#&%^ does installing pip not install setuptools???

Thu Jul 5 21:35:37 EDT 2018

On Fri, 06 Jul 2018 03:47:55 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:

> What's the output of:
> 
> $ apt-cache show python3-pip

Mysteriously, the output is repeated twice, in every-so-slightly 
different formats. It's the little details like that give us confidence 
in the quality of the software...

Package: python3-pip
Architecture: all
Version: 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: python-pip
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-
team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 556
Depends: ca-certificates, python-pip-whl (= 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4), 
python3:any (>= 3.4~)
Recommends: build-essential, python3-dev (>= 3.2), python3-setuptools, 
python3-wheel
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pip/python3-pip_8.1.1-2ubuntu0.4_all.deb
Size: 108962
MD5sum: e3dc92b0b965b3bea3ff4bf8526e24db
SHA1: bcfb2aff46c05cc6b6a14d4faaa1cf2d0c90d1f3
SHA256: e55a2450e6dd6db15df0d9119e746af4f398e33a303a707cd660f159c9f78c5e
Homepage: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
Description-en_AU: alternative Python package installer - Python 3 
version of the package
 pip is a replacement for easy_install, and is intended to be an improved
 Python package installer.  It integrates with virtualenv, doesn't do
 partial installs, can save package state for replaying, can install from
 non-egg sources, and can install from version control repositories.
 .
 This is the Python 3 version of the package.
Description-md5: 518fd76c787f6bd48e413ec4bcd3eb84

Package: python3-pip
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 554
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-
team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Source: python-pip
Version: 8.1.1-2
Depends: ca-certificates, python-pip-whl (= 8.1.1-2), python3:any (>= 
3.4~)
Recommends: build-essential, python3-dev (>= 3.2), python3-setuptools, 
python3-wheel
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pip/python3-pip_8.1.1-2_all.deb
Size: 108740
MD5sum: 2df4cd61c524a0e7721e612e89f710e8
SHA1: 7eca35aaadf0e2a5246a256063fdfc4631630fbd
SHA256: cf6a2d9befe0a6fb0002cd259bed40669588101a825006f4f07e2343a89e5f49
Description-en_AU: alternative Python package installer - Python 3 
version of the package
 pip is a replacement for easy_install, and is intended to be an improved
 Python package installer.  It integrates with virtualenv, doesn't do
 partial installs, can save package state for replaying, can install from
 non-egg sources, and can install from version control repositories.
 .
 This is the Python 3 version of the package.
Description-md5: 518fd76c787f6bd48e413ec4bcd3eb84
Homepage: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

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