> Hi all,

> I've noticed that some recent versions of the BeagleBone Angstrom image
> are missing the py_compile module. I've run into this myself with the
> 3.2.30 image (the version with gnome):

> root@Beaglebone:~# uname -a
> Linux Beaglebone 3.2.30 #1 Wed Oct 17 09:39:19 CEST 2012 armv7l GNU/Linux

> >>> import py_compile
> ImportError: No module named py_compile

> I confirmed with find that py_compile.py isn't just hiding somewhere
> besides /usr/lib/python2.7/; it's definitely completely missing. I've also
> had this reported on the 3.2.14 image:
> https://github.com/alexanderhiam/PyBBIO/issues/5#issuecomment-9787350 ,
> but py_compile is on my 3.2.18 image (also the version with gnome), so it's
> clearly not been an issue on every build since whenever it first came up.

> I was able to get py_compile from the Python repository:
>  # cd /usr/lib/python2.7
>  # wget
> http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/4ebe1ede981e/Lib/py_compile.py

> and it seems to be working now. I also found out that I was missing the
> pkg_resources module from opkg's python-setuptools package, which I was
> able to resolve by running the distribute install script to reinstall
> setuptools:
>  # curl http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py | python

> I've noticed a few other usually built-in Python modules that aren't
> included on the BeagleBone (e.g. mmap), which I guess makes since in terms
> of keeping it small, but I've been able to install them through opkg. This
> seems more like a broken Python build. Are people seeing this on other
> Angstrom images?

> -Alex

> Le mercredi 7 novembre 2012 19:23:32 UTC+1, Alexander Hiam a écrit :

>> Hi all,

>> I've noticed that some recent versions of the BeagleBone Angstrom image
>> are missing the py_compile module. I've run into this myself with the
>> 3.2.30 image (the version with gnome):

>> root@Beaglebone:~# uname -a
>> Linux Beaglebone 3.2.30 #1 Wed Oct 17 09:39:19 CEST 2012 armv7l GNU/Linux

>> >>> import py_compile
>> ImportError: No module named py_compile

>> I confirmed with find that py_compile.py isn't just hiding somewhere
>> besides /usr/lib/python2.7/; it's definitely completely missing. I've also
>> had this reported on the 3.2.14 image:
>> https://github.com/alexanderhiam/PyBBIO/issues/5#issuecomment-9787350 ,
>> but py_compile is on my 3.2.18 image (also the version with gnome), so it's
>> clearly not been an issue on every build since whenever it first came up.

>> I was able to get py_compile from the Python repository:
>>  # cd /usr/lib/python2.7
>>  # wget
>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/4ebe1ede981e/Lib/py_compile.py

>> and it seems to be working now. I also found out that I was missing the
>> pkg_resources module from opkg's python-setuptools package, which I was
>> able to resolve by running the distribute install script to reinstall
>> setuptools:
>>  # curl http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py | python

>> I've noticed a few other usually built-in Python modules that aren't
>> included on the BeagleBone (e.g. mmap), which I guess makes since in terms
>> of keeping it small, but I've been able to install them through opkg. This
>> seems more like a broken Python build. Are people seeing this on other
>> Angstrom images?

>> -Alex

> Same problem with pyserial
> .impossible to install with opkg.
>  if installed with wget, and try "python setup.py install"  py_compile and
> distutils are missing
> .We should all get on the site.http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo
>  I really prefer to work with Raspberry.
> JC