[Mailman-Users] Error: Distutils is not available or is incomplete for /usr/bin/python

[Hugh Esco]

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 
http://reclaimedcomputers.ca/