My firts attempts to build mailman on a new server are throwing the errors shown below. Can anyone here please advise me what it is I'm missing? Thanks,
-- Hugh This is a Debian machine running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep python ii python 2.3.5-2 An interactive high-level object-oriented la ii python-newt 0.51.6-20 A NEWT module for Python ii python2.3 2.3.5-3sarge1 An interactive high-level object-oriented la ii python2.4 2.4.1-2 An interactive high-level object-oriented la ii python2.4-dev 2.4.1-2 Header files and a static library for Python ii python2.4-setu 0.0.1.041214-1 Python Distutils Enhancements ------------------------------ motherjones:/var/mm/e/el06/mailman-2.1.8# ./mm_configure.sh loading cache ./config.cache checking for --with-python... no checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking Python interpreter... /usr/bin/python checking Python version... 2.3.5 checking that Python has a working distutils... configure: error: ***** Distutils is not available or is incomplete for /usr/bin/python ***** If you installed Python from RPM (or other package manager) ***** be sure to install the -devel package, or install Python ***** from source. See README.LINUX for details ./mm_configure.sh: line 2: --with-python=/usr/bin/python: No such file or directory ./mm_configure.sh: line 3: --with-username=cfmm: command not found ./mm_configure.sh: line 4: --with-groupname=cfmm: command not found ./mm_configure.sh: line 5: --with-mail-gid=104: command not found ./mm_configure.sh: line 6: --with-cgi-gid=33: command not found ./mm_configure.sh: line 7: --with-mailhost=us.example.org: command not found ./mm_configure.sh: line 8: --with-urlhost=us.example.org: command not found -- Hugh Esco RCK Computer Services http://reclaimedcomputers.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
