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

From: Oliver Kullmann <o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk>
Date: Mar 1, 2010, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID: <20100301170410.GG17508@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk>

Okay, with --without-python it works now. If it's not needed for most people, wouldn't it be better that this would be the default?

Thanks!

Oliver

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 11:15:41AM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote:

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> Oliver Kullmann wrote:
> > 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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