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+# This easyconfig was created by the BEAR Software team at the University of Birmingham.
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'setuptools'
+version = '68.2.2'
+
+homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/setuptools"
+description = """Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+]
+
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['4ac1475276d2f1c48684874089fefcd83bd7162ddaafb81fac866ba0db282a87']
+
+download_dep_fail = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+use_pip = True
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'