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-Install latest pip and virtualenv
-=================================
-
-We have problems with the latest binary package of pip and virtualenv.
-Packaged version of pip can be old and virtualenv can also contain its
-own version of pip. Issues include downloading packages from a local
-pypi mirror that include a wheel package for pip.
-
-The element follows the instructions from the pip website here:
-http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html on how to install
-the latest version of pip. That is to download get-pip.py and run this
-file.
-
-We use source-repositories element to download the file so it will be
-cached and can be overridden to use package if that is required.
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-package-installs
-source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/get-pip-py-package-install/package-installs-pip-and-virtualenv b/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/get-pip-py-package-install/package-installs-pip-and-virtualenv
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-python-pip
-python-virtualenv
diff --git a/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/get-pip-py-source-install/01-install-pip b/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/get-pip-py-source-install/01-install-pip
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eux
-
-python /tmp/get-pip.py
-pip install virtualenv
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-get-pip-py file /tmp/get-pip.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py