python could not install any script

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

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Start by comparing the reported brew install python, easy_install, and python paths in Terminal, then determine which installation is handling the packages. There are no repository files or tests mentioned; done would require a reproducible diagnosis and a documented correction for the installation mismatch.

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Description

I installed python from brew

brew install python

then installed pip

sudo easy_install pip

in Terminal

$ which easy_install
/usr/bin/easy_install

$ which python
/usr/bin/python

But then when I want to install any Python script I get this:

Searching for pexpect
Best match: pexpect 4.2.1
Adding pexpect 4.2.1 to easy-install.pth file

Using /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Processing dependencies for pexpect
Finished processing dependencies for pexpect
Searching for pycrypto
Best match: pycrypto 2.6.1
pycrypto 2.6.1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Processing dependencies for pycrypto
Finished processing dependencies for pycrypto
Searching for pyopenssl
Best match: pyOpenSSL 0.13.1
pyOpenSSL 0.13.1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python
Processing dependencies for pyopenssl
Finished processing dependencies for pyopenssl
Searching for pefile
Best match: pefile 2017.9.3
pefile 2017.9.3 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Processing dependencies for pefile
Finished processing dependencies for pefile

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