[Mailman-Users] Error: Distutils is not available or is incomplete for /usr/bin/python
Hugh Esco
he at reclaimedcomputers.ca
Wed Jun 7 03:21:51 CEST 2006
My firts attempts to build mailman on a new server are
throwing the errors shown below. Can anyone here please
advise me what it is I'm missing? Thanks,
-- Hugh
This is a Debian machine running:
hesco at motherjones:~$ dpkg -l | grep python
ii python 2.3.5-2 An interactive high-level
object-oriented la
ii python-newt 0.51.6-20 A NEWT
module for Python
ii python2.3 2.3.5-3sarge1 An
interactive high-level object-oriented la
ii python2.4 2.4.1-2 An interactive high-level
object-oriented la
ii python2.4-dev 2.4.1-2 Header files and a static
library for Python
ii python2.4-setu 0.0.1.041214-1 Python Distutils
Enhancements
------------------------------
motherjones:/var/mm/e/el06/mailman-2.1.8# ./mm_configure.sh
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for --with-python... no
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking Python interpreter... /usr/bin/python
checking Python version... 2.3.5
checking that Python has a working distutils... configure:
error:
***** Distutils is not available or is incomplete
for /usr/bin/python
***** If you installed Python from RPM (or other package
manager)
***** be sure to install the -devel package, or
install Python
***** from source. See README.LINUX for
details ./mm_configure.sh: line 2:
--with-python=/usr/bin/python: No such file or
directory ./mm_configure.sh: line 3:
--with-username=cfmm: command not found ./mm_configure.sh:
line 4:
--with-groupname=cfmm: command not found ./mm_configure.sh:
line 5:
--with-mail-gid=104: command not found ./mm_configure.sh:
line 6:
--with-cgi-gid=33: command not found ./mm_configure.sh:
line 7:
--with-mailhost=us.example.org: command not
found ./mm_configure.sh: line 8:
--with-urlhost=us.example.org: command not found
--
Hugh Esco
RCK Computer Services
http://reclaimedcomputers.ca/
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