[egenix-users] Error installing mxbase on ubuntu 12.04

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Hi Leonardo,

we will issue a path release to fix this problem. Thank you for
reporting it.

Regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> Leonardo Santagada wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:04 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>>>> Leonardo Santagada wrote:
>>>>> python 2.7.3 on ubuntu 12.04 beta2.
>>>>
>>>> The traceback looks like you don't have distutils installed or only
>>>> part of it.
>>>>
>>>> Try to do an "import distutils" or "import distutils.ccompiler" from
>>>> the Python prompt.
>>>
>>> I did and It worked, the problem is that it doesn't have customize_compiler
>>
>> Looks like this patch broke distutils in 2.7.3:
>>
>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6240ff5dfebe
>>
>> See http://bugs.python.org/issue13994
> 
> You can work around it by editing mxSetup and changing the import
> line to:
> 
>     from distutils.ccompiler import customize_compiler
> 
> to
> 
>     from distutils.sysconfig import customize_compiler
> 
>>>>> $ pip install egenix-mx-base
>>>>> Downloading/unpacking egenix-mx-base
>>>>>  Running setup.py egg_info for package egenix-mx-base
>>>>>    Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>      File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
>>>>>      File "/home/santagada/.virtualenvs/oerp/build/egenix-mx-base/setup.py",
>>>>> line 9, in <module>
>>>>>        import egenix_mx_base
>>>>>      File "egenix_mx_base.py", line 11, in <module>
>>>>>        from mxSetup import mx_Extension, mx_version
>>>>>      File "mxSetup.py", line 318, in <module>
>>>>>        from distutils.ccompiler import customize_compiler
>>>>>    ImportError: cannot import name customize_compiler
>>>>>    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
>>>>>    Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>
>>>>>  File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
>>>>>
>>>>>  File "/home/santagada/.virtualenvs/oerp/build/egenix-mx-base/setup.py",
>>>>> line 9, in <module>
>>>>>
>>>>>    import egenix_mx_base
>>>>>
>>>>>  File "egenix_mx_base.py", line 11, in <module>
>>>>>
>>>>>    from mxSetup import mx_Extension, mx_version
>>>>>
>>>>>  File "mxSetup.py", line 318, in <module>
>>>>>
>>>>>    from distutils.ccompiler import customize_compiler
>>>>>
>>>>> ImportError: cannot import name customize_compiler
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marc-Andre Lemburg
>>>> eGenix.com
>>>>
>>>> Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Apr 19 2012)
>>>>>>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
>>>>>>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
>>>>>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
>>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>> 2012-04-28: PythonCamp 2012, Cologne, Germany               9 days to go
>>>>
>>>> ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! ::::
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH  Pastor-Loeh-Str.48
>>>>    D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg
>>>>           Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611
>>>>               http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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