errors during gnuecommon installation (python problem?)

[j llarens]

hi :)
(first, english is not my native languaje, so excuse
me if I don´t fully clear)

Im trying to install the gnue tools (starting with
gnue-common). After DAYS of looking installation
procedures (may be lack of documentation? where they
are? may be there are something for newbies? =) I
discover some of the files I need (wxphyton for
example) later, the mandrake 8.0 refuses to install
the wxpython, so I discover I need python 2. After
losing the battle I get redhat 7.2 and run the
./setup.py install and obtain this:

Setup requires that python's distutils be installed. 
You can get a copy of it from ... (etc)

so I install python 2. AND GET THE SAME ERROR. Looking
into setup.py I see /usr/bin/env python to start
python, so I change to /usr/bin/python2. And get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):  File "./setup.py",
line 98, in ?    package_dir = {"gnue": 'gnue',
"gnue.common" : "src"},  File
"/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/core.py",
line 138, in setup  File
"/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py",
line 893, in run_commands  File
"/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py",
line 912, in run_command  File
"/usr/lib/python2.2/cmd.py", line 112, in
ensure_finalized      File
"/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/command/install.py",
line 268, in finalize_options  File
"/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py",
line 408, in get_config_vars  File
"/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py",
line 313, in
_init_posixdistutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError:
invalid Python installation: unable to open
/usr/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile (No such file or
directory)

After aaaaall of this I resign!
so:
Is there a distribution-oriented rpm/tar.gz?
Is there an installation procedures/HOWTO?
Where is the error? Is mine?. Is from RedHat?
What I see of the system description is highly
interesting so I want to try it! but HOW?
Thanks in advance!
Jorge Leonardo Llarens
address@hidden
Corrientes, Argentina

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