Python actually has another, more primitive, package manager called 
    easy_install, which is installed automatically when you install Python itself. 
    pip is vastly superior to easy_install for lots of reasons, and so should 
    generally be used instead. You can use easy_install to install pip as follows:

I found it quite ironic that the author says pip is "vastly superior" to easy_install and then proceeds to install pip using easy_install.