def download_setuptools(
    version=DEFAULT_VERSION, download_base=DEFAULT_URL, to_dir=os.curdir,
    delay = 15
):
    """Download setuptools from a specified location and return its filename

    `version` should be a valid setuptools version number that is available
    as an egg for download under the `download_base` URL (which should end
    with a '/'). `to_dir` is the directory where the egg will be downloaded.
    `delay` is the number of seconds to pause before an actual download attempt.
    """
    import urllib2, shutil
    egg_name = "setuptools-%s-py%s.egg" % (version,sys.version[:3])
    url = download_base + egg_name
    saveto = os.path.join(to_dir, egg_name)
    src = dst = None
    if not os.path.exists(saveto):  # Avoid repeated downloads
        try:
            from distutils import log
            if delay:
                log.warn("""
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
This script requires setuptools version %s to run (even to display
help).  I will attempt to download it for you (from
%s), but
you may need to enable firewall access for this script first.
I will start the download in %d seconds.

(Note: if this machine does not have network access, please obtain the file

   %s

and place it in this directory before rerunning this script.)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------""",
                    version, download_base, delay, url
                ); from time import sleep; sleep(delay)
            log.warn("Downloading %s", url)
            src = urllib2.urlopen(url)
            # Read/write all in one block, so we don't create a corrupt file
            # if the download is interrupted.
            data = _validate_md5(egg_name, src.read())
            dst = open(saveto,"wb"); dst.write(data)
        finally:
            if src: src.close()
            if dst: dst.close()
    return os.path.realpath(saveto)
Download setuptools from a specified location and return its filename

    `version` should be a valid setuptools version number that is available
    as an egg for download under the `download_base` URL (which should end
    with a '/'). `to_dir` is the directory where the egg will be downloaded.
    `delay` is the number of seconds to pause before an actual download attempt.