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Disabling zip installs

From http://blog.ianbicking.org/2008/12/14/a-few-corrections-to-on-packaging/

# $HOME/.pydistutils.cfg or in system-wise distutils.cfg
# (drop the py prefix for system wide.)
[easy_install]
zip_ok = False

Download source but don't install: --editable

From: Editing and Viewing Source Packages

• --editable just finds, obtains, and possibly unpacks it for you but doesn't build or install it.
• You must specify --build_directory in addition to --editable
• You must specify project names so that EasyInstall knows what directory name(s) to create.
• You cannot use URLs or filenames as arguments.
• To use a URL or filename, specify it as a --find-links item. e.g.:

  easy_install \
      --editable \
      --build_directory ~/projects \
      --find_links http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ctypes/ctypes-0.9.6.tar.gz?download \
      ctypes==0.9.6