18.04 - easy_install: command not found - Ask Ubuntu
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1040392According to the changelog easy_install was removed from the python-setuptools package.. I've got no good news for you; I've not found a solution short of updating the legacy scripts to use pip (and hoping the version pip installs works).. In your case its pip you're trying to get from easy_install, so you can probably omit the line since the version of pip in bionic is 9.0.1-2.
setuptools · PyPI
https://pypi.org/project/setuptools29.12.2021 · See the Installation Instructions in the Python Packaging User’s Guide for instructions on installing, upgrading, and uninstalling Setuptools.. Questions and comments should be directed to the distutils-sig mailing list.Bug reports and especially tested patches may be submitted directly to the bug tracker.