Using MySQLdb Newbie

[Roman Suzi]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Jordan Elver wrote:

> On Wednesday 19 September 2001 08:10, you wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > > Sorry. More details coming.
> > > I'm using Linux Mandrake 8.0 with Python version 2.0.
> > > I downloaded the tarball uncompressed it and read the README. It says to
> > > run python setup.py build then python setup.py install. But, when i try
> > > either of these they both give the same error?
> >
> > Install newer Distutils.
> 
> Where do i get Distutils?

As usual:  

http://www.google.com/search?q=Distutils
 
> Or should I upgrade to Python 2.1? I tried but got errors saying it requires 
> libcrypto and libssl?

For socket module, yes. That is about all it requires + expat. Mandrake
has python-2.1.1-3mdk.src.rpm for it.

Sincerely yours, Roman A.Suzi
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