# Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: "ImportError: No module named distutils.core" 2 messages from 2010-03-01 to 2010-03-01. Participants: Oliver Kullmann, Sverre Rabbelier. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22868 ## Oliver Kullmann, 2010-03-01 17:04 Subject: Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: "ImportError: No module named distutils.core" Message-ID: <20100301170410.GG17508@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100301170410.GG17508%40cs-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: > 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. > > -- > Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > There are no differences but differences of degree between different > degrees of difference and no difference. > -- William James, under nitrous oxide; 1882 > -- Dr. Oliver Kullmann Computer Science Department Swansea University Faraday Building, Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP, UK http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csoliver/ ``` ## Sverre Rabbelier, 2010-03-01 17:26 Subject: Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: "ImportError: No module named distutils.core" Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/fabb9a1e1003010926p7fdaf66cm6b8830bbb18e8477%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20100301170410.GG17508@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk> ``` Heya, [please don't cull the cc list] On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 18:04, Oliver Kullmann wrote: > 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? I don't think that's a good idea, I'd rather give it some exposure and catch bugs like these, and then when we start using it (hopefully soon) we won't run into any unexpected build troubles. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier ```