Python

Installing PIP from scratch

pip is a a package manager for Python like Perl's CPAN

To install it follow the following steps

Download ez_setup from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installation-instructions

Then run it to install setup tools and easy_install depending on your OS and your python version.

For version 2.x I do:

python ez_setup.py

For version 3.x

python3 ez_setup.py

Then download pip by running it in each version directory

easy_install pip

Curses

To enable an curses screen to display on a terminal window in X use the getch() method on the screen variable eg:

stdscr.getch()