Yes, if you'd install `easybuild-easyconfigs` first, you might run into trouble because `easy_install` tries very hard to resolve the dependencies automagically. `easyconfigs` depends on `framework` and `easyblocks`, and if `easy_install` somehow succeeds in finding a `framework` or `easyblocks` installation that satisfies the requirements, it would refuse to actually install the `framework` or `easyblocks` package after that, and you'd end up with an incomplete EasyBuild installation...