[Bug 1774419] Re: easy_install command is missing

[Jeff Geerling]

This affects me as well; there are a number of build tools and test
environments I maintain and/or use which assume the availability of
easy_install if python-setuptools is installed.

Outside of this issue, the only helpful documentation I could find was
on Stack Exchange: https://askubuntu.com/a/1052682/88829

The Bionic package even states (ref:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+source/python-setuptools):

> The setuptools project also includes the widely used easy_install
application for downloading and installing Python packages.

...which would seem to indicate easy_install should be available after
installing the package.

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Title:
  easy_install command is missing

Status in python-setuptools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  Release:	18.04

  Package: python-setuptools
  Version:  39.0.1-2

  This package installs the easy_install module, but the command is
  missing:

  deploy at controller0:~$ which easy_install
  deploy at controller0:~$ echo $?
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