Re: Compile Error on latest BETA

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:35:58PM +0200, Andreas Geesen wrote:
> i can't compile your lastest beta of nmap. I want to use it for  
> conficker detection.
>
> Version nmap-4.85BETA6
>
> running make i get at last this :
>
> .....
> make[1]: `nmap' is up to date.
> cd zenmap && /usr/bin/python setup.py build
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "setup.py", line 28, in ?
>    import distutils.sysconfig
> ImportError: No module named distutils.sysconfig
> make[1]: *** [build-zenmap] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/nmap-4.85BETA6'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> google and a search on your site yielded no applicable result to this.  
> Python is installed.

You probably need to install the python-dev package in order to build
packages with distutils. distutils is used by Zenmap.

Zenmap is not required to run the Conficker script. You can also
configure like this:
        ./configure --without-zenmap

David Fifield

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