ViewCVS ImportError- No module named svn (Debian)

categories:

• Debian/Ubuntu
• Linux
• Versioning

Even if properly configured for using Subversion repositories, you’d get this error messages from ViewCVS :

<code>An Exception Has Occurred
Python Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/viewcvs.py", line 3235, in main
    request.run_viewcvs()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/viewcvs.py", line 268, in run_viewcvs
    import vclib.svn
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/vclib/svn/__init__.py", line 27, in ?
    from svn import fs, repos, core, delta
ImportError: No module named svn</code>

The reason of the error is a package missing : python-subversion

The same issue is reported for Ubuntu : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/viewcvs/+bug/74005