Python distutils problem

[Patrick Kirk <patrick@kirks.net>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to install the Python MySQL connector on Debian testing.  If 
I do 'python -V' I get

enterprise MySQL-python-0.9.2 # python -V
Python 2.3.3

But when I try to run a script that relies on distutils I get this:

enterprise MySQL-python-0.9.2 #  python setup.py build
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 6, in ?
    from distutils.core import setup
ImportError: No module named distutils.core

According to the Python site, distutils has been part of Python since 
version 1.6 - 
http://www.python.org/doc/current/inst/trivial-install.html#SECTION000120000000000000000

Is this a Debian problem, or is there someone who knows Python and can 
see I've missed something obvious?


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Best regards,


Patrick Kirk
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