Setting up my python
Disabling zip installs
Drop this in ~/.pydistutils.cfg
[easy_install] zip_ok = False
Use a virtual environment
python virtualenv.py --distribute --no-site-packages --unzip-setuptools <name_of_directory>
Install packages
# For non-virtualenv python
pip install virtualenv
What libraries do I have installed?
From pip: freezing requirements
pip freeze > stable-req.txt