@@ -94,17 +94,23 @@ EXAMPLES = '''

 import os

 import os.path

 import tempfile

-

 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule

-def _is_package_installed(module, name, easy_install, executable_arguments):

-    executable_arguments = executable_arguments + ['--dry-run']

+def install_package(module, name, easy_install, executable_arguments):

     cmd = '%s %s %s' % (easy_install, ' '.join(executable_arguments), name)

-    rc, status_stdout, status_stderr = module.run_command(cmd)

+    rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd)

+    return rc, out, err

+

+

+def _is_package_installed(module, name, easy_install, executable_arguments):

+    # Copy and add to the arguments

+    executable_arguments = executable_arguments[:]

+    executable_arguments.append('--dry-run')

+    rc, out, err = install_package(module, name, easy_install, executable_arguments)

     if rc:

-        module.fail_json(msg=status_stderr)

-    return not ('Reading' in status_stdout or 'Downloading' in status_stdout)

+        module.fail_json(msg=err)

+    return 'Downloading' not in out

 def _get_easy_install(module, env=None, executable=None):

@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ def main():

         name=dict(required=True),

         state=dict(required=False,

                    default='present',

-                   choices=['present','latest'],

+                   choices=['present', 'latest'],

                    type='str'),

         virtualenv=dict(default=None, required=False),

         virtualenv_site_packages=dict(default='no', type='bool'),

@@ -186,8 +192,7 @@ def main():

     if not installed:

         if module.check_mode:

             module.exit_json(changed=True)

-        cmd = '%s %s %s' % (easy_install, ' '.join(executable_arguments), name)

-        rc_easy_inst, out_easy_inst, err_easy_inst = module.run_command(cmd)

+        rc_easy_inst, out_easy_inst, err_easy_inst = install_package(module, name, easy_install, executable_arguments)

         rc += rc_easy_inst

         out += out_easy_inst

@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/notification/slack.py

 lib/ansible/modules/notification/twilio.py

 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/bundler.py

 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/cpanm.py

-lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/easy_install.py

 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/gem.py

 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py

 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pear.py