Like apt? Add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://issg.cs.duke.edu/pip unstable main Try "apt-get install pip" to install all of pip. Is your apt recent enough to support GPG keys? Run this to get my key: gpg --recv-keys 'BB49A0212A23AAB0' gpg --export BB49A0212A23AAB0 > KEY apt-key add KEY # as root!