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/archive%40jab.org
