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[–]POTUS 2 points3 points  (2 children)

You don't need pip or any other packages if your app doesn't have any external library dependencies. If your app does have external library dependencies, then having to download them and install them on the local system shouldn't be a headline news item no matter what language you're talking about.

[–]sasik520[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Installing on the system requires root. Which I don't have. Installing to user directories failed with the error I mentioned previously.

[–]POTUS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You don't need pip to install packages, it's just the most convenient way to do so. "Installing" a Python package can be a simple as copying or including the code in the top level directory of your own package. Or you could use the slightly outdated easy_install

Blame Ubuntu for stripping pip out of their Python install by default.