Running easy_install -i http://download.zope.org/Zope2/index/2.12.2 Zope2 in a virtualenv w/o site packages failed on the following dependency. It of course was easy to easy_install docutils and finish the install successfully. Thanks, - Jim Installed /home/binbrain/Programs/Zope2.12/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pytz-2009r-py2.6.egg Searching for docutils Reading http://download.zope.org/Zope2/index/2.12.2/docutils/ Reading http://download.zope.org/Zope2/index/2.12.2/docutils/UNKNOWN No local packages or download links found for docutils Best match: None Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/binbrain/Programs/Zope2.12/bin/easy_install", line 8, in <module> load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')() File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1712, in main File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1700, in with_ei_usage File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1716, in <lambda> File "/home/binbrain/Programs/Python2.6.4/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/home/binbrain/Programs/Python2.6.4/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/home/binbrain/Programs/Python2.6.4/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 478, in install_item File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 519, in process_distribution File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 563, in resolve File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 799, in best_match File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 811, in obtain File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 434, in easy_install File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/package_index.py", line 475, in fetch_distribution AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone'