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authorJulian Berman2015-10-11 16:49:38 -0400
committerTim D. Smith2015-11-23 22:56:18 -0800
commitef8f6e7aa8dccb9e58185f368dc368433c26832c (patch)
tree74b66a208e4cec23e0b8327013b1dc9711a05d09
parent2838fe493ece18e27d1dde16e28405f9938c8bcc (diff)
downloadbrew-ef8f6e7aa8dccb9e58185f368dc368433c26832c.tar.bz2
Don't mention easy_install
That which shall not be named! Remove outdated references to easy_install and point users at the pip installation docs. Closes Homebrew/homebrew#44834. Signed-off-by: Tim D. Smith <git@tim-smith.us>
-rw-r--r--Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb6
-rw-r--r--share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb b/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
index 3d88535fb..5a701c276 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ def blacklisted?(name)
EOS
when "pip" then <<-EOS.undent
Homebrew provides pip via: `brew install python`. However you will then
- have two Pythons installed on your Mac, so alternatively you can:
- sudo easy_install pip
+ have two Pythons installed on your Mac, so alternatively you can install
+ pip via the instructions at:
+
+ https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installing/#install-pip
EOS
when "pil" then <<-EOS.undent
Instead of PIL, consider `pip install pillow` or `brew install Homebrew/python/pillow`.
diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md b/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md
index 728d9655e..7bb05343c 100644
--- a/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md
+++ b/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Homebrew builds bindings against the first `python` (and `python-config`) in you
## Policy for non-brewed Python bindings
-These should be installed via `pip install <x>`. To discover, you can use `pip search` or <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>. (**Note:** System Python does not provide `pip`. Simply `easy_install pip` to fix that.)
+These should be installed via `pip install <x>`. To discover, you can use `pip search` or <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>. (**Note:** System Python does not provide `pip`. Follow the instructions at https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/stable/installing/#install-pip to install it for your system Python if you would like it.)
## Brewed Python modules