title: getting updated distribute via pip requirements file
body: <p>im using pip requirements file for the dependencies with virtualenv. im using ubuntu10.04LTS now the problem has come up with djangorestframework, after adding it in .pip file</p>
  
  <p>while downloading the requirements @URLObject  error occurs and says </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Downloading/unpacking URLObject>=0.6.0 (from djangorestframework->-r /var/lib/myproj/base.pip (line 26))
      Using download cache from /usr/local/pipcache/http%3A%2F%2Fpypi.python.org%2Fpackages%2Fsource%2FU%2FURLObject%2FURLObject-2.0.1.tar.gz
      Running setup.py egg_info for package URLObject
        The required version of distribute (>=0.6.24) is not available,
        and can't be installed while this script is running. Please
        install a more recent version first, using
        'easy_install -U distribute'.<br>
        (Currently using distribute 0.6.10 (/var/lib/myproj/.ve/lib/python2.6/site-packages/distribute-0.6.10-py2.6.egg))
        Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
        The required version of distribute (>=0.6.24) is not available,
    and can't be installed while this script is running. Please
    install a more recent version first, using
    'easy_install -U distribute'
    (Currently using distribute 0.6.10 (/var/lib/myproj/.ve/lib/python2.6/site-packages/distribute-0.6.10-py2.6.egg))</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>my pip requirement file is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>virtualenv
  django
  distribute
  django-permissions
  django-storages
  django-sentry
  #django-db-utils
  PIL
  #Required for APIs
  djangorestframework
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have even tried by adding distribute-0.6.25 but in vain how do i upgrade distribute via pip requirements file.</p>