New submission from fonnesbeck : When installing a package using setuptools, the installer looks for and tries to install dependencies even when they are already satisfied. For example, a package that requires scipy (no version requirement specified) looks for a version online even though I have a very current version already installed: Processing dependencies for mcex==0.1 Searching for scipy Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/scipy/ Reading http://www.scipy.org Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=27747&package_id=19531 Reading http://new.scipy.org/Wiki/Download Best match: scipy 0.10.1 ---------- messages: 664 nosy: fonnesbeck priority: bug status: unread title: Setuptools looks for dependencies even when installed _______________________________________________ Setuptools tracker http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue141 _______________________________________________