I also faced this error while trying tutorial on my debian (mostly testing with some unstable).
The problem can be caused by too old setuptools. Some details: 1) I easy_installed pylons, then created project as in the tutorial 2) App refused to start exactly as above 3) I noticed that the helloworld.egg-info directory is *ALMOST EMPTY* (it contained only paste_deploy_config.ini_tmpl paster_plugins.txt) 4) Then I tried issuing setup.py egg-info and got error The required version of setuptools (>=0.6c6) is not available, and can't be installed while this script is running. Please install a more recent version first. (Currently using setuptools 0.6c3 (/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages)) 5) So I easy_install-ed newer setuptools and reissued setup.py egg- info, as I noticed 6 new files were created in helloworld.egg-info directory: PKG-INFO, SOURCES.txt, dependency_links.txt, entry_points.txt, requires.txt and top_level.txt 6) now the app starts. 7) I also tried creating the new app again in other dir, and now everything is OK. So the final diagnosis is: when (too) old setuptools are in use, 'paster create' silently (there was no error message) fails to create some files. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
