suse 9 python has no distutils.core ?

[Jaco Smuts]

Hello there

I'm trying to install  some modules onto a Suse 9 box at work (for the 
first time). But I'm getting  --

no module named distutils.core

when I try  and run python setup.py install ?

the default distro is python 2.3.3

I've tried the latest rpm distro I could find on rpmfind.net, but I still 
got the same problem?

I've looked on google and saw other people seem to have the same problem, 
but I have not seen any solutions.

I'm busy downloading the 2.4 source distro - will this solve the problem?

is there a solution to the problem?

thanks for your time

jaco

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