/python/recipes/pip.rb

#
# Author:: Seth Chisamore <schisamo@opscode.com>
# Cookbook Name:: python
# Recipe:: pip
#
# Copyright 2011, Opscode, Inc.
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#
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# Ubuntu's python-setuptools, python-pip and python-virtualenv packages 
# are broken...this feels like Rubygems!
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4324558/whats-the-proper-way-to-install-pip-virtualenv-and-distribute-for-python
# https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issue/104/pip-uninstall-on-ubuntu-linux
remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/distribute_setup.py" do
  source "http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py"
  mode "0644"
  not_if "which pip"
end

bash "install-pip" do
  cwd Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]
  code <<-EOF
  python distribute_setup.py
  easy_install pip
  EOF
  not_if "which pip"
end