In conclusion for folks searching the archives … the distutils tool is in python-dev package.
To get it do: sudo apt-get install python-dev > On Dec 14, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Richard Shetron <gue...@sgeinc.com> wrote: > > You can always search the cache with: > apt-cache search python > or > apt-cache search python-dev > to get less noise. > > On 12/14/2016 2:58 PM, Caesar Samsi wrote: >> Indeed it is but what tripped me up was it was not python-devel it is >> actually python-dev >> >> Not quite a developer so didn’t think of trying -dev … :-) >> >>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: >>> >>> On 12/14/2016 10:33 AM, Caesar Samsi wrote: >>>> Ah, now it works. Would be great to see this info in the build & install >>>> doc/wiki. >>> >>> >>> It's in the installation manual, section 15.1, as it said in the message >>> you received. >>> >>> >>>>>> … 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 sec. 15.1 of the Installation Manual for >>>>>> ***** details >>> >>> >>> The manual is in various formats in the doc/ subdirectory of the >>> directory into which you unpacked and ran ./configure. I.e., >>> doc/mailman-install/index.html, doc/mailman-install.dvi, >>> doc/mailman-install.pdf, doc/mailman-install.ps and doc/mailman-install.txt. >>> >>> It is also online. See <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node48.html> >>> for the relevant section. >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, >>> San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >> Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 >> Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 >> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ >> Unsubscribe: >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/guest2%40sgeinc.com >> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/guest2%40sgeinc.com> ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
