After install in ubuntu 8.04 ( sudo python setup.py install) (epidermis-0.3)say: "a programming error has ben detected during the execution of this program"

[Alejandro]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/epidermis.py", line 58, <module>()
    import socket
    import loadrepo, managepigments
    import ep_exceptions
  variables: {'loadrepo': (None, None), 'managepigments': (None, None)}
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/loadrepo.py", line 14, <module>()
    import urlparse, urllib, urllib2
    import managepigments
    from glob import glob
  variables: {'managepigments': (None, None)}
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/managepigments.py", line 18, <module>()
    import ep_exceptions
    import shell
  variables: {'shell': (None, None)}
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/shell.py", line 12, <module>()
    import gtk
    import pexpect
    import os, sys
  variables: {'pexpect': (None, None)}
ImportError: No module named pexpect

debuginfo.debuginfo error, traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/gtkexcepthook.py", line 177, in _info
    textbuffer.set_text (trace.getvalue() + "\n\n" + debuginfo.debuginfo())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/debuginfo.py", line 13, in debuginfo
    import managepigments
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/managepigments.py", line 18, in <module>
    import shell
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/epidermis/shell.py", line 12, in <module>
    import pexpect
ImportError: No module named pexpect

--End of debuginfo traceback.

[David D Lowe (flimm)]

The latest version of Epidermis (0.4) is untested on Ubuntu 8.04. I still recommend installing Epidermis by downloading and opening the .deb file. This ensures that all dependencies are installed. In your case, the missing dependency is python-pexpect:
sudo apt-get install python-pexpect.