The files in /usr/lib/python2.7 are not relevant. What is in the local/lib/python directory of the Sage installation? There should be a docutils directory there.
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:21:29 PM UTC-8, kksurendran wrote: > > Compilation of sage-6.4.tar.gz resulted in the error attached. > > On going to the subshell after executing > > $ cd '/usr/local/sage-6.4/local/var/tmp/sage/build/pynac-0.3.2' && > '/usr/local/sage-6.4/sage' --sh > > One can configure and make in the pynac-0.3.2/src directory provided one > runs the command > > subshell> autoreconf -i --force > > as advised by the source. > > However on returning to the main /usr/local/sage-6.4, > > $ make > > removes all that from the pynac directory by the default behaviour of make > in sage.and the same error is reproduced! > > The error originates from : > > > *checking for the distutils Python package... no configure: error: > cannot import Python module "distutils". * > > However, > $ ls -la /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils > surendran@angeli-acer:/usr/local/sage-6.4$ ls -la > /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils > total 812 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 24 2014 . > drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 24576 Apr 24 2014 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7822 Mar 22 2014 archive_util.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7440 Apr 24 2014 archive_util.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14941 Mar 22 2014 bcppcompiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7864 Apr 24 2014 bcppcompiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46633 Mar 22 2014 ccompiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36714 Apr 24 2014 ccompiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19270 Mar 22 2014 cmd.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16730 Apr 24 2014 cmd.pyc > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 24 2014 command > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4131 Mar 22 2014 config.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3556 Apr 24 2014 config.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9019 Mar 22 2014 core.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7595 Apr 24 2014 core.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17732 Mar 22 2014 cygwinccompiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9801 Apr 24 2014 cygwinccompiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162 Mar 22 2014 debug.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 252 Apr 24 2014 debug.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3509 Mar 22 2014 dep_util.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3172 Apr 24 2014 dep_util.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7870 Mar 22 2014 dir_util.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6774 Apr 24 2014 dir_util.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50049 Mar 22 2014 dist.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39432 Apr 24 2014 dist.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11931 Mar 22 2014 emxccompiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7449 Apr 24 2014 emxccompiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3494 Mar 22 2014 errors.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6245 Apr 24 2014 errors.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10904 Mar 22 2014 extension.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7403 Apr 24 2014 extension.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17948 Mar 22 2014 fancy_getopt.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11916 Apr 24 2014 fancy_getopt.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12689 Mar 22 2014 filelist.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10722 Apr 24 2014 filelist.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7795 Mar 22 2014 file_util.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6616 Apr 24 2014 file_util.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337 Mar 22 2014 __init__.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 383 Apr 24 2014 __init__.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1686 Mar 22 2014 log.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2762 Apr 24 2014 log.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31018 Mar 22 2014 msvc9compiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21461 Apr 24 2014 msvc9compiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23637 Mar 22 2014 msvccompiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17471 Apr 24 2014 msvccompiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 295 Mar 22 2014 README > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8631 Mar 22 2014 spawn.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6384 Apr 24 2014 spawn.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18808 Mar 22 2014 sysconfig.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14393 Apr 24 2014 sysconfig.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12410 Mar 22 2014 text_file.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9222 Apr 24 2014 text_file.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12709 Mar 22 2014 unixccompiler.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7817 Apr 24 2014 unixccompiler.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18037 Mar 22 2014 util.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14318 Apr 24 2014 util.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5095 Mar 22 2014 versionpredicate.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5528 Apr 24 2014 versionpredicate.pyc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11433 Mar 22 2014 version.py > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7178 Apr 24 2014 version.pyc > > Why is this invisible to sage-6.4? > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.