title: Why is Python easy_install not working on my Mac?
body: <p>I have a Mac running Python 2.6. When I try to use <code>easy_install</code> I get this message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/bin/easy_install-2.6:7: UserWarning: Module pkg_resources was already imported from /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.pyc, but /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages is being added to sys.path
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  /usr/bin/easy_install-2.6:7: UserWarning: Module site was already imported from /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site.pyc, but /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages is being added to sys.path
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/easy_install-2.6", line 10, in &lt;module&gt;
      load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c9', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 271, in load_entry_point
      return False
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2173, in load_entry_point
      deps = []
  ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'easy_install') not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am very confused by this and I want to know how I can fix this. Previously I didn't get this message, then after installing <code>pip</code> and uninstalling it, easy_install no longer works. I was wondering how I could fix this, or restore the default Python or easy_install setting on Mac.</p>