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The docs were updated to remove the errant reference to easy_install: https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rosdep/pull/463 you should use the pip key.

easy_install does not have enough introspection to support the rosdep abstraction. (no instrospection) https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/pip_easy_install/ and pip can install all the same packages.

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