fix(easy-install): compatibility for easy install on PY2 (#937)

* fix: compatibility for easy install on PY2

* test: remove python-distutils from travis

* chore: handle specific CalledProcessError for setuptools

Co-authored-by: Chinmay Pai <chinmaydpai@gmail.com>

.travis.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ install:
   - sudo pip install urllib3 pyOpenSSL ndg-httpsclient pyasn1
   - sudo apt-get purge -y mysql-common mysql-server mysql-client
   - sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y git
-  - sudo apt-get install hhvm python-distutils && rm -rf /home/travis/.kiex/
+  - sudo apt-get install hhvm && rm -rf /home/travis/.kiex/
   - mkdir -p ~/.bench
   - mkdir -p /tmp/.bench
   - cp -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/* ~/.bench

playbooks/install.py

@@ -406,17 +406,21 @@ def parse_commandline_args():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	if sys.version[0] == '2':
-		try:
-			from disutils.spawn import find_executable
-		except ImportError:
-			print("Please install distutils or use Python3 to run the script")
-			print("$ pip install distutils")
-			sys.exit(1)
-		shutil.which = find_executable
 		if not os.environ.get('CI'):
 			if not raw_input("It is recommended to run this script with Python 3\nDo you still wish to continue? [Y/n]: ").lower() == "y":
 				sys.exit()
 
+		try:
+			from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+		except ImportError:
+			try:
+				subprocess.check_call('pip install --upgrade setuptools')
+			except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+				print("Install distutils or use Python3 to run the script")
+				sys.exit(1)
+
+		shutil.which = find_executable
+
 	if not is_sudo_user():
 		log("Please run this script as a non-root user with sudo privileges", level=3)
 		sys.exit()