Python - Is there any way to get pip without setuptools?
easy-install, pip, python, setuptools
Solution
Pip does require setuptools. Pip is really just a wrapper around setuptools to provide a better installer than easy_install and some nicer installation behaviors, plus uninstall, requirements files, etc. Even if you somehow got pip installed without setuptools it still won't run without it.
Problem
Seems kinda weird that they'd require a package manager to install a package manager. I'm on Windows BTW.