Why is the apt-get function not working in the terminal on Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks)?

Question

I was watching this, and, as you can see, the first command I am told to put in is:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

When I do this,

Answer 1

MacPorts is another package manager for OS X:.

Installation instructions are at The MacPorts Project -- Download & Installation after which one issues sudo port install pythonXX, where XX is 27 or 35.