Can I install Python windows packages into virtualenvs?

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Yes, you can. All you need is

easy_install
binary_installer_built_with_distutils.exe

Surprised? It looks like binary installers for Windows made with distutils combine .exe with .zip into one .exe file. Change extension to .zip to see it’s a valid zip file. I discovered this after reading answers to my question Where can I download binary eggs with psycopg2 for Windows?

UPDATE

As noted by Tritium21 in his answer nowadays you should use pip instead of easy_install. Pip can’t install binary packages created by distutils but it can install binary packages in the new wheel format. You can convert from old format to the new one using wheel package, which you have to install first.

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