<p>Is there any way to install Setuptools for Python 2.6 in Windows without having an exe installer? </p>

<p>There isn't one built at the moment, and the maintainer of Setuptools has stated that it will probably be a while before he'll get to it. </p>

<p>Does anyone know of a way to install it anyway?</p>

First Option - Online Installation (i.e. remaining connected to the Internet during the entire installation process):
Download
setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Use
7-zip
to extract it to a folder(directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
Go the folder (refer step 2) and run ez_setup.py from the corresponding dos (command) prompt
Ensure that your PATH includes the appropriate C:\Python2X\Scripts directory
Second Option:
Download
setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Download
setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg
to a folder(directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
Use
7-zip
to extract ez_setup.py in the same folder as
setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg
Go to the corresponding dos prompt and run python ez_setup.py setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg from the command prompt
Ensure that your PATH includes the appropriate C:\Python2X\Scripts directory
Third Option (assuming that you have Visual Studio 2005 or MinGW on your machine)
Download
setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Use
7-zip
to extract it to a folder(directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
Go the folder (refer step 2) and run python setup.py install from the corresponding dos (command) prompt
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