I obtained 2.1 via dselect (Debian "testing"). I agree,
there must be something wrong with the package.
I did uninstall all python packages yesterday, rebooted, and
then installed 2.1, then rebooted.
Never had a problem like this before with deb packages :-(
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:08:35AM -0500, Derek Neighbors wrote:
Sounds like you have a poorly packaged or compiled python. As disutils
should be standard in python2.1.
Can you tell me how you obtained this version of python? (rpm, deb,
source, etc) and from where.
What distro are you using? (mandrake, redhat, debian, etc)
Also, if you want real time help stop by irc.openprojects.net
#gnuenterprise
-Derek
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Mike wrote:
> I did have 1.5.x installed as well as 2.1. Before I posted
> to the list I made sure I only had 2.1 installed.
>
> I also tried python2.1 setup.py install. It chokes. Complain about
> distutils still.
>
> I also did
> python2.1
> It came back with the correct version. I also tried to
> 'import distutils' and that complained as well.
>
> Never thought I would get stuck at this stage!
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 05:57:22PM -0500, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> Do you have more than Python2.1 installed? My gut reaction is its likely
> you have 1.5.2 & 2.1 installed. An easy way to try this is do:
>
> python2.1 setup.py install
>
> If this works (doesnt complain about distutils) I would say that you have
> 1.5.2 still installed and python is linked to python1.5.2 and not
> python2.1.
>
> Another way to tell is to type python and check what version it starts.
>
> =Derek
>
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Mike wrote:
>
> > Been having one helluva time trying to get
> > gnue to run setup...it jkeeps complaining
> > about distutils not being installed.
> >
> > I have Debian un 'testing', Python2.1 installed
> > and the script still chokes. I have downloaded distutils
> > package and the README states these utilities are already
> > included with P2.1.
> >
> > Anyone care to give me a hand?
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