eric (python ide) not working after install

Describe the bug using installed + 19.2 cinnamon 64bit beta qemu/kvm vm Installed without additional codecs fully updated 2019-07-20 ninja-ide not working after installation

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Install eric via software-manager
launche via menu
only the splash-screen get's displayed

running eric from a terminal does return: oadm@mint-19-2-cinnamon-64bit-beta:~$ eric qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin Warning: translation file 'qt_en_US'could not be loaded. Using default. Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_US'could not be loaded. Using default. BackgroundService listening on: 44445 An unhandled exception occurred. Please report the problem using the error reporting dialog or via email to eric-bugs@eric-ide.python-projects.org. A log has been written to "/home/oadm/.eric6/eric6_error.log".

Error information:

2019-07-20, 01:03:39

<class 'ModuleNotFoundError'>: No module named 'distutils.sysconfig'

File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric6.py", line 379, in main() File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric6.py", line 360, in main disablecrash, restartArgs) File "/usr/share/eric/modules/UI/UserInterface.py", line 248, in init self.pluginManager = PluginManager(self, develPlugin=plugin) File "/usr/share/eric/modules/PluginManager/PluginManager.py", line 98, in init "global": os.path.join(Utilities.getPythonModulesDirectory(), File "/usr/share/eric/modules/Globals/init.py", line 108, in getPythonModulesDirectory import distutils.sysconfig

Version Numbers: Python 3.6.8 Qt 5.9.5 PyQt 5.10.1 sip 4.19.7 QScintilla 2.10.2 WebKit 602.1 eric6 17.11.1 (rev. ab851fd69434)

Platform: linux 3.6.8 (default, Jan 14 2019, 11:02:34) [GCC 8.0.1 20180414 (experimental) [trunk revision 259383]]

Distribution Info: /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE=19.2 DISTRIB_CODENAME=tina DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 19.2 Tina"

/etc/os-release NAME="Linux Mint" VERSION="19.2 (Tina)" ID=linuxmint ID_LIKE=ubuntu PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 19.2" VERSION_ID="19.2" HOME_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/" VERSION_CODENAME=tina UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

Expected behavior Eric should work after installation required dependencies should be resolved

Frequency Does the issue happen:

[x] Always
[ ] Randomly

Edition (Desktop environment): In which edition is this happening?

[x] Cinnamon Edition
[ ] MATE Edition
[ ] Xfce Edition

Live or post-install: Indicate if this is happening after the installation, or during the live session:

[x] Post-install
[ ] Live session

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Crash report:

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linuxmint / mint19.2-beta