How to use the setuptools.command.easy_install.main function in setuptools

def main(argv, version=DEFAULT_VERSION):
    """Install or upgrade setuptools and EasyInstall"""
    try:
        import setuptools
    except ImportError:
        egg = None
        try:
            egg = download_setuptools(version, delay=0)
            sys.path.insert(0,egg)
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            return main(list(argv)+[egg])   # we're done here
        finally:
            if egg and os.path.exists(egg):
                os.unlink(egg)
    else:
        if setuptools.__version__ == '0.0.1':
            print >>sys.stderr, (
            "You have an obsolete version of setuptools installed.  Please\n"
            "remove it from your system entirely before rerunning this script."
            )
            sys.exit(2)

    req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:

req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
        try:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
        except ImportError:
            from easy_install import main
        main(list(argv)+[download_setuptools(delay=0)])
        sys.exit(0) # try to force an exit
    else:
        if argv:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            main(argv)
        else:
            print "Setuptools version",version,"or greater has been installed."
            print '(Run "ez_setup.py -U setuptools" to reinstall or upgrade.)'

req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
        try:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
        except ImportError:
            from easy_install import main
        main(list(argv)+[download_setuptools(delay=0)])
        sys.exit(0) # try to force an exit
    else:
        if argv:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            main(argv)
        else:
            print "Setuptools version",version,"or greater has been installed."
            print '(Run "ez_setup.py -U setuptools" to reinstall or upgrade.)'

req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
        try:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
        except ImportError:
            from easy_install import main
        main(list(argv)+[download_setuptools(delay=0)])
        sys.exit(0) # try to force an exit
    else:
        if argv:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            main(argv)
        else:
            print "Setuptools version",version,"or greater has been installed."
            print '(Run "ez_setup.py -U setuptools" to reinstall or upgrade.)'

def main(argv, version=DEFAULT_VERSION):
    """Install or upgrade setuptools and EasyInstall"""
    try:
        import setuptools
    except ImportError:
        egg = None
        try:
            egg = download_setuptools(version, delay=0)
            sys.path.insert(0,egg)
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            return main(list(argv)+[egg])   # we're done here
        finally:
            if egg and os.path.exists(egg):
                os.unlink(egg)
    else:
        if setuptools.__version__ == '0.0.1':
            print >>sys.stderr, (
            "You have an obsolete version of setuptools installed.  Please\n"
            "remove it from your system entirely before rerunning this script."
            )
            sys.exit(2)

    req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:

def main(argv, version=DEFAULT_VERSION):
    """Install or upgrade setuptools and EasyInstall"""
    try:
        import setuptools
    except ImportError:
        egg = None
        try:
            egg = download_setuptools(version, delay=0)
            sys.path.insert(0,egg)
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            return main(list(argv)+[egg])   # we're done here
        finally:
            if egg and os.path.exists(egg):
                os.unlink(egg)
    else:
        if setuptools.__version__ == '0.0.1':
            print((
            "You have an obsolete version of setuptools installed.  Please\n"
            "remove it from your system entirely before rerunning this script."
            ), file=sys.stderr)
            sys.exit(2)

    req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:

def main(argv, version=DEFAULT_VERSION):
    """Install or upgrade setuptools and EasyInstall"""
    try:
        import setuptools
    except ImportError:
        egg = None
        try:
            egg = download_setuptools(version, delay=0)
            sys.path.insert(0,egg)
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            return main(list(argv)+[egg])   # we're done here
        finally:
            if egg and os.path.exists(egg):
                os.unlink(egg)
    else:
        if setuptools.__version__ == '0.0.1':
            print >>sys.stderr, (
            "You have an obsolete version of setuptools installed.  Please\n"
            "remove it from your system entirely before rerunning this script."
            )
            sys.exit(2)

    req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:

def install_dependencies():
    from setuptools.command import easy_install
    import pkg_resources
    easy_install.main( ['setuptools',
        'sqlalchemy',
        'alembic',
        'tornado >= 3.1',
        'simplejson >= 1.9.2',
        'WTForms >= 2.0',
        'WTForms-Components',
        'pillow < 3.0.0',
        'pyzmq'
    ])

def main(argv, version=DEFAULT_VERSION):
    """Install or upgrade setuptools and EasyInstall"""

    try:
        import setuptools
    except ImportError:
        import tempfile, shutil
        tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="easy_install-")
        try:
            egg = download_setuptools(version, to_dir=tmpdir, delay=0)
            sys.path.insert(0,egg)
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
            return main(list(argv)+[egg])   # we're done here
        finally:
            shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
    else:
        if setuptools.__version__ == '0.0.1':
            # tell the user to uninstall obsolete version
            use_setuptools(version)

    req = "setuptools>="+version
    import pkg_resources
    try:
        pkg_resources.require(req)
    except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
        try:
            from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
        except ImportError:
            from easy_install import main

def get_long_description():
    readme_file = 'README.md'
    if not os.path.isfile(readme_file):
        return ''
    # Try to transform the README from Markdown to reStructuredText.
    try:
        easy_install.main(['-U', 'pyandoc==0.0.1'])
        import pandoc
        pandoc.core.PANDOC_PATH = 'pandoc'
        doc = pandoc.Document()
        doc.markdown = open(readme_file).read()
        description = doc.rst
    except Exception:
        description = open(readme_file).read()
    return description