Many thanks, the distutils for python 2.3 are now in the debian package python2.3-dev. Installation works fine. Thanks, Sven On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:09:27 -0700 Andrew Straw <andrew.straw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It looks like you've got Python 2.3.3 (good), which is somehow missing > the distutils module (bad). This is strange because distutils is part > of the standard library. I fail to see the logic behind not including > it with any installation of Python, but I'm sure the debian folks have > their reasons. > > Installing Python 1.5 distutils won't help Python 2.3.x. > > Does your debian package manager have something like > "python23-distutils"? > > I don't have access to a debian box at the moment, so I can't check on > this. > > Let us know if this fixes the problem. > > Cheers! > Andrew > > On Apr 13, 2004, at 8:20 AM, Sven Garbade wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've just downloaded the visionegg sources and want to install it, > > but got an error. Running > > > > $ ./check-config.py > > check-config.py for Vision Egg 0.9.5a2. > > [2003/09/19 03:54:27 CVS revision 1.19] > > Beginning configuration check. > > Could not import the VisionEgg module. > > > > This is probably because it is not yet installed. > > > > Try installing by running 'python setup.py install' from the > > command line (as root if necessary). > > > > The exception raised was: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "./check-config.py", line 99, in ? > > import VisionEgg > > ImportError: No module named VisionEgg > > VisionEgg not installed (or other VisionEgg import problems) > > > > Continuing with prerequisites check. > > > > Version checklist: > > > > Python version 2.3.3 (OK) > > extra Python info: (#2, Feb 24 2004, 09:29:20) [GCC 3.3.3 (Debian)] > > Numeric version 23.1 (OK) > > PyOpenGL (package "OpenGL") version 1.5.6b1 (Untested) > > pygame version 1.6 (OK) > > Python Imaging Library (package "Image") version 1.1.4 (OK) > > > > Optional module(s): > > > > Pyro version 3.3 (OK) > > > > is ok, but then > > > > $ python setup.py install > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "setup.py", line 54, in ? > > from distutils.core import setup, Extension > > ImportError: No module named distutils.core > > > > I've installed python1.5-distutils, but maybe it has another name on > > my system (found > > "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/core.py"). System: > > Debian Testing on Intel. > ====================================== The Vision Egg mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/visionegg Website: http://www.visionegg.org/mailinglist.html