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Yolk is a Python library and command-line tool for obtaining information about packages installed by setuptools and packages on PyPI (Python Package Index a.k.a. The Cheese Shop) Features ¶ * List eggs or packages installed by setuptools * Determine which packages are activated or not (--multi-version) * Examine package metadata * Show dependencies of packages if available * Query PyPI for various package information using XML-RPC interface Usage Examples ¶ yolk -n List only the non-activated (--multi-version) packages installed yolk -a List only the activated packages installed (Activated packages are normal packages on sys.path you can import) yolk -l -f License,Author Show the license and author for each installed package PyPI options: yolk -H twisted Launches your web browser at Twisted's home page yolk -M Paste 1.0 Show all the metadata for Paste version 1.0 yolk -M Paste Show all the metadata for each version of Paste listed on PyPi? yolk -D cheesecake Show all URL's for cheesecake packages you can download svn version: yolk -T source -D cheesecake Show only source code releases for cheesecake

EasyInstall is great, it automatically detects and installs all dependancies, but there are some other nifty things that you can do with it. Using the entry_points section of the setup.py, you can ‘register’ classes and functions, so they can be located later. Lets say you had a bunch of ‘plugins’ that you wanted dynamically find and load at runtime, with entry_points, it’s fun and easy.