Hi, I'm having problems using buildout on squeeze (that uses python 2.6). On ubuntu 12.10 (that uses python2.7) I have no problems. I'm still usig buildout 1.5.2 as I need a recipe for virtual env that is not yet available for buildout 2.+ (tl.buildout_virtual_python). When executing "python bootstrap" I'm getting: pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: distribute This problem occurs also with a very simple conf that I found on the net when I started lunar.tar.gz, I uploaded the version I'm using here [1] after substituting bootstrap.py with a recent one. Here what I get: root@fw1-vpn-saa:/tmp/lunar/lunar# python bootstrap.py Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg Creating directory '/tmp/lunar/lunar/bin'. Creating directory '/tmp/lunar/lunar/parts'. Creating directory '/tmp/lunar/lunar/eggs'. Creating directory '/tmp/lunar/lunar/develop-eggs'. Getting distribution for 'setuptools'. /usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py:266: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'src_root' warnings.warn(msg) Got setuptools 1.1.4. Generated script '/tmp/lunar/lunar/bin/buildout'. root@fw1-vpn-saa:/tmp/lunar/lunar# bin/buildout Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/buildout", line 17, in <module> import zc.buildout.buildout File "/tmp/lunar/lunar/eggs/zc.buildout-1.7.1-py2.6.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 40, in <module> import zc.buildout.download File "/tmp/lunar/lunar/eggs/zc.buildout-1.7.1-py2.6.egg/zc/buildout/download.py", line 20, in <module> from zc.buildout.easy_install import realpath File "/tmp/lunar/lunar/eggs/zc.buildout-1.7.1-py2.6.egg/zc/buildout/easy_install.py", line 31, in <module> import setuptools.package_index File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.24-py2.6.egg/setuptools/package_index.py", line 157, in <module> sys.version[:3], require('distribute')[0].version File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 673, in require File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 576, in resolve dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, self, installer) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: distribute If I use 'python bootstrap -d' that uses distribute, it will raise this error even on ubuntu 12.10/python2.7: root@fw1-vpn-saa:/tmp/lunar/lunar# python bootstrap.py -d Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.49.tar.gz Extracting in /tmp/tmpIsQPGq Now working in /tmp/tmpIsQPGq/distribute-0.6.49 Building a Distribute egg in /tmp/tmpkqSNaa /tmp/tmpkqSNaa/distribute-0.6.49-py2.6.egg Getting distribution for 'distribute'. warning: install_lib: 'build/lib.linux-i686-2.6' does not exist -- no Python modules to install Got distribute 0.7.3. While: Bootstrapping. An internal error occurred due to a bug in either zc.buildout or in a recipe being used: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/tmpkqSNaa/zc.buildout-1.7.1-py2.6.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 1866, in main getattr(buildout, command)(args) File "/tmp/tmpkqSNaa/zc.buildout-1.7.1-py2.6.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 399, in bootstrap ws.require('zc.buildout') File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 698, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 596, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req) DistributionNotFound: setuptools>=0.7 Any help is appreciated Thanks sandro [1] http://www.e-den.it/misc/lunar-sd.tar.gz