[visionegg] Re: Error: ImportError: No module nameddistutils.core

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.
> 
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