Package installation is a known pain point in python. The problem is one of a plethora of half-baked solutions. For now, you can get most of the way by trying

Package installation is a known pain point in python. The problem is one of a plethora of half-baked solutions. For now, you can get most of the way by trying 'pip install X' or 'easy_install X', but there are important edge cases. It's being worked on for Python 3's next big release, last I heard.