distutils

[Robert Kern]

Guillaume JULLIEN wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> New to python, I' m trying to use distutils.
> And I get this error
> 
> # python setup.py build
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 89, in ?
>     from distutils import core
> ImportError: No module named distutils
> 
> I have Python 2.3.4 installed
> 
> Any advice ?

I assume that you are on Linux or FreeBSD or somesuch. Install the 
Python development package for your system. It usually has a name like 
python-dev or python-devel.

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