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> I don't know what guides you're reading but I haven't touched easy_install in at least a decade.

It is mentioned in the "Explanations and Discussions" section [0] of the linked Python Packaging guide.

Old indeed, but can still be found at the top level of the current docs.

[0] https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/#explanations-and-dis...



Yes, it is mentioned there, as being deprecated:

> easy_install, now deprecated, was released in 2004 as part of Setuptools.




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