Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: "ImportError: No module named distutils.core"

From: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 1, 2010, 16:15 UTC
Message-ID: <20100301161541.GM29188@inocybe.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20100301144000.GA17135@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk>

Oliver Kullmann wrote:

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> I've installed 1.6.6.2, but now when
> installing 1.7.0.1 (same machine) I get
>
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Git/git-1.7.0.1/perl'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Git/git-1.7.0.1/perl'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Git/git-1.7.0.1/git_remote_helpers'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 5, in ?
>     from distutils.core import setup
> ImportError: No module named distutils.core
>
>
> I'm using
>
> make configure
> sh ./configure --prefix=InstallDir
> make all

If you have no need for the git_remote_helpers (and unless you are working on adding a git remote helper in python, I don't think you do), you can pass --without-python to configure. I think that's the right way using configure, I use make directly and pass NO_PYTHON = 1 for the time being.

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