Why does pip fail when installing local egg repository?

Question

I am working on Windows 7.I have created a python egg using distutils. Now I try to install this egg in a virtual environment using pip 1.0.2 using the following command:

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Answer 1

http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/other-tools.html#pip-compared-to-easy-install

pip doesn’t do everything that easy_install does. Specifically:

It cannot install from eggs. It only installs from source.