setuptools.archive_util is not available unless setuptools.archive_util have been imported before.

For example:

>>> import setuptools
>>> setuptools.archive_util
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'archive_util'
>>> import setuptools.archive_util
>>> setuptools.archive_util
<module 'setuptools.archive_util' from '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/archive_util.pyc'>