Both easy/manual installations fail with Python errors about amon HOT 3 CLOSED

Really sorry for that.
The problem seems to be your python version. Is there anyway you can install Python 2.6 on your system?
But first - can you please tell me what your OS is, so I can take a look at that too.

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I'm running Debian 5.0.8. I tried to install Python 2.6 with this script, but it failed too:
http://www.harelmalka.com/?p=159

I got it running on my other Ubuntu 11.10 machine though!

from amon.

You can try with https://github.com/utahta/pythonbrew , because it's much easier to install different python versions with it and its not intrusive.

curl -kL http://xrl.us/pythonbrewinstall | bash
pythonbrew install 2.7.2
pythonbrew switch 2.7.2

The switch is not permanent, its valid only for the current shell, your OS will still be using Python 2.5 ( in /usr/bin/python )

After the switch you can install Amon.
Finally you have to change the path to the python binary in amond and amon ( in /etc/init.d/ )

 From #/usr/bin/python to  /home/username/.pythonbrew/pythons/Python-2.7.2/bin/python

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