title: Swift (OpenStack Storage) Installation
body: <p>I have tried install Swift by <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/development_saio.html" rel="nofollow">this instruction</a></p>
  
  <p>And when I try install swift from sources (after git clone) I get error from python installer:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 22, in &lt;module&gt;
    pbr=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/develop.py", line 27, in run
    self.install_for_development()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/develop.py", line 105, in install_for_development
    self.process_distribution(None, self.dist, not self.no_deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 692, in process_distribution
    [requirement], self.local_index, self.easy_install
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 576, in resolve
    dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, self, installer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 821, in best_match
    return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 833, in obtain
    return installer(requirement)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 608, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 638, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 828, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1105, in build_and_install
  self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1094,   in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 30, in run_setup
    lambda: execfile(
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 72, in run
    return func()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 32, in &lt;lambda&gt;
    {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
  File "setup.py", line 60, in &lt;module&gt;
  
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 970, in run_command
    cmd_obj = self.get_command_obj(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 846, in get_command_obj
    cmd_obj = self.command_obj[command] = klass(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 70, in __init__
    _Command.__init__(self,dist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 59, in __init__
    raise TypeError, "dist must be a Distribution instance"
  TypeError: dist must be a Distribution instance
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>First I have tried to install Swift on CentOS and then on Ubuntu 12.04, and I have same error.
  Do you have any ideas?</p>