Odd how things come back again. Searching for a solution to a problem I am having with a clean install, I found this. Apparently this problem was solved for me almost 4 years ago for me by installing Xcode. Now it is not.
I have a clean install of MacOSX 10.8.3 server, downloaded Xcode 4.6.1 from the App Store and installed it. Was following the instructions on Allen's post http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2013-March/074888.html and when I went to run: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mailman --with-cgi-gid=_www --with-mail-gid=_mailman Got the message: ***** Distutils is not available or is incomplete for /usr/bin/python Grr… Searching the Xcode documentation for distutils, I find: The Python modules included in the standard package for OS X are the following: • bdist_mpkg — Builds OS X installer packages from distutils So I assume it should be in there. Interestingly the command found in http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg56963.html produces: mini53:~ paul$ sudo Python -V sudo: Python: command not found While mini53:~ paul$ sudo python -V Python 2.7.2 Is the problem in that my partition is case sensitive? Suggestions as to what I should do? Paul -- Paul Kleeberg p...@fpen.org On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Jerry Stratton <je...@sandiego.edu> wrote: > On Dec 14, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Paul Kleeberg wrote: > >> Distutils is not available or is incomplete for /usr/bin/python > > > > http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Distutils+is+not+available+or+is+incomplete+for+/usr/bin/python&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 > > > Have you installed XCode? > > Jerry > > On Windows, use Alt-PrtScr to take a screenshot; you can then paste it into > an e-mail message. > On Mac OS X, use Command-Shift-3 to take a screenshot (or if you only want to > send a single window, use Command-Shift-4, position the mouse over the window > you want, and then use the space bar). This will create a file on your > desktop that you can drag into any document, such as an e-mail message. > > Jerold Stratton, je...@sandiego.edu > http://home.sandiego.edu/~jerry/ > User Services Consultant, Web Systems and Programming > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park, Maher Hall 190 > (619) 260-4810 x8773 > -- > "The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that > cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong > goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and > repair."--Douglas Adams (Mostly Harmless) > > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://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: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
