[SciPy-user] distutils problem on cvs install under python 2.3
Pearu Peterson
pearu at scipy.org
Wed Feb 4 14:39:57 EST 2004
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote:
> When I attempt a build of the latest cvs on a clean Debian Linux
> install of python2.3, I get this old error message:
>
> chris at redhead:/usr/src/scipy$ python setup.py build
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "setup.py", line 25, in ?
> from scipy_distutils.core import setup
> File "scipy_core/scipy_distutils/core.py", line 1, in ?
> from distutils.core import *
> ImportError: No module named distutils.core
Could you verify that adding `import distutils` before the line #1
fixes this import error?
> I thought this bug in distutils was squashed long ago. Am I missing
> something here?
Strange, I am on debian too with Python 2.3.3 and I don't get this error.
Btw, do you have write permissions to
/usr/src/scipy/scipy_core/scipy_distutils directory? I noticed that
the traceback comes from .py file and not from .pyc file.
Pearu
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