Python pip for package management

Unlike easy_install, pip features an uninstall command. :) I was able to install pip after python-setuptools as,

cd ~/downloads
git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip.git
cd pip/
sudo python setup.py install # root required.

This allowed a nice installation of ipython, removal of broken matplotlib, reinstallation of matplot lib including some compiling. I wonder if it plays nicely with numpy and scipy.... Ares showed,

sudo pip install scipy --upgrade

worked but that the BLAS libraries are not available. So close.... :| Also missing:

 f77blas,cblas,atlas.

Yet,

sudo pip install atlas

did work. tests failed though