:) > "python setup.py install_py " did work, however, the result was that :) > distutils seems broken. :) :) Hmmm, something wrong with your "cvs update" then -- install_py is gone, :) history, dead, deleted, removed, shuffled-off-its-mortal-coil. That is :) an EX-module! Perhaps the install_py.pyc is still there. I had to delete it by hand. Bastian