Installing pip on CentOS 6.4

pip can be installed on CentOS 6.4 and other Fedora based operating systems by using easy_install.

The following commands will setup easy_install and pip. First, go to the /tmp directory

$ cd /tmp

Download ez_setup.py

$ wget http://codybonney.com/files/packages/python/ez_setup.py

Run the file

$ python ez_setup.py 

now you can use easy_install to install pip

$ easy_install pip