[Mailman-Users] Error: Distutils is not available or is incomplete for /usr/bin/python
Hugh Esco
he at reclaimedcomputers.ca
Wed Jun 7 11:57:20 CEST 2006
That's a never mind.
I uninstalled the python 2.4 packages and reinstalled
everything as 2.3 and its now running w/o errors, through
that step.
Thanks anyway,
-- Hugh
On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:21:51 -0700
Hugh Esco <he at reclaimedcomputers.ca> wrote:
> 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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--
Hugh Esco
250-352-9361
he at reclaimedcomputers.ca
RCK Computer Services
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