Hmmm.... works on Ubuntu Hardy. $ python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 22 2009, 15:33:10) [GCC 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from lucene import Document >>> Document() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> RuntimeError: initVM() must be called first
Recommendation is for maintainer (or anyone who wishes) to upgrade PyLucene to the most modern version. The current version is somewhat ancient and relies on infrastructure like gcj that is starting to rot. New PyLucene will be much more reliable but requires complete repackaging.
