Error installing a python module

Question

I am trying to install a python module with the standard python setup.py install but I get the following error. I am fairly new to python but I have been able to install other modules in this way in the past. I am under the impression this module setuptools is not something I am supposed to have gotten separate from my python installation. Do I need to be in a specific directory or something?

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 3 in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
ImportError: No module named setuptools

Answer 1

Surprisingly, setuptools does NOT come pre-packaged with Python, despite how often and casually everyone refers to it. I also had this problem when learning Python.

Setuptools is available on the Python Package Index.

Answer 2

Apparently, that package requires you to have setuptools to install it. Setuptools is a module that provides easy installation of Python packages. You can get it on pypi, here.