title: Trouble installing pip (OS X 10.6 / Python 2.6.1)
body: <p>I'm working on a (slightly hobbled by IT policies) iMac running 10.6 Snow Leopard. I've repeatedly tried to install <code>pip</code> (as a precursor to installing <code>csvkit</code> but am confused by following error messages:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-bash prettyprint-override"><code>smg-02639:~ matmo$ pip install csvkit
  Usage: pip COMMAND [OPTIONS]
  
  pip: error: No command by the name pip install
    (maybe you meant "pip install csvkit")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>That should be enough to explain why I'm aggrieved. I found a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8370215/pip-error-no-command-by-the-name-pip-install-r-requirements-txt-after-runni">similar, but ultimately unrelated question</a>. <em>What am I doing wrong</em>?</p>
  
  <p>For the sake of perhaps unnecessary completeness, here's the install sequence:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-bash prettyprint-override"><code>smg-02639:~ matmo$ sudo easy_install pip
  Searching for pip
  Best match: pip 1.1
  Adding pip 1.1 to easy-install.pth file
  Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin
  Installing pip-2.6 script to /usr/local/bin
  
  Using /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages
  Processing dependencies for pip
  Finished processing dependencies for pip
  smg-02639:~ matmo$ pip help
  Usage: pip COMMAND [OPTIONS]
  
  pip: error: No command by the name pip help
    (maybe you meant "pip help")
  </code></pre>