>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Jack O'Quin >> I just tried updating it on a Lucid system. My python-setuptools >> package is already at the latest version (0.6.10-4ubuntu1). I ran >> "easy_install rosinstall", but the rosinstall.egg in >> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ is only at level 0.5.8. Since >> I don't really understand easy_install very well, it's hard to be >> certain I did the required steps correctly. But, I did the obvious >> things. 2011/1/26 Lorenz Mösenlechner : > did you try updating rosinstall with easy_install? Just execute the > following command: > > sudo easy_install -U rosinstall No. I had left off the necessary -U option. That works: I got rosinstall-0.5.14, which creates setup.bash, etc. Thanks! --  joq