Custom command in setup.py.

gistfile1.py

from setuptools import setup, Command


class GetVersion(Command):
    """This must be defined"""
    user_options = []

    def initialize_options(self):
        pass
    
    def finalize_options(self):
        pass

    def run(self):
        """Business end of the command"""
        print '0.0.1'



kw = {'version': '0.11',
      'author': 'MK', 
      'name':'ExampleProject',
      'cmdclass':{'getVersion':GetVersion}
}

setup(**kw)

So the problem is that this host does not have setuptools installed by default.