Ubuntu 18.04 - import distutils.spawn ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.spawn'

[Am0rphous]

Hi! Looking at the documentation there seems to be no mention of the dependency python3-distutils when installing nyx on Ubuntu 18.04 OS.

When installing on 18.04 one encounters an error which may look like this:

File "/usr/bin/nyx", line 11, in load_entry_point('nyx==2.0.4', 'console_scripts', 'nyx')() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 480, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2693, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2324, in load return self.resolve() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2330, in resolve module = import(self.module_name, fromlist=['name'], level=0) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/nyx/init.py", line 46, in import distutils.spawn ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.spawn'

It would be helpful to add a small note regarding dependency on either the Github repo or at nyx.torproject.org.
I suggest a short note like this under the FAQ section at nyx.torproject.org, and specifically under the question "Does Nyx have any dependencies?":

Ubuntu 18.04 dependency:
python3-distutils

[atagar]

Thanks Am0rphous, this is a good point. distutils used to be a python builtin but nowadays you're right.