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easy_install yolk yolk -l http://pypi.python.org/...

2010-08-13T07:25:59.671-07:00

easy_install yolk
yolk -l

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/yolk

For that matter, pip, which is often touted as a s...

2010-08-13T04:40:33.031-07:00

For that matter, pip, which is often touted as a superior replacement for easy_install, doesn't have a 'pip version $packagename' either.

Yeah, as I found out, sure wish it added that litt...

2010-08-12T21:02:17.151-07:00

Yeah, as I found out, sure wish it added that little bit of functionality though.

I don't think the easy_install command itself ...

2010-08-12T20:36:10.107-07:00

I don't think the easy_install command itself can do that, but this might work for you:

import pkg_resources
pkg_resource.get_distribution('routes').version

You can also look in the easy-install.pth file in your site-packages directory for the relevant line.