python installer fails in OpenSuSE 11.2

[Thomas Maerz]

Python 2.6.2-6.3 is installed
python-gtk 2.16.0-2.3 is installed.

attempting to install gives this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 5, in <module>
    import lanshark.lib
  File "src/lanshark/lib.py", line 31, in <module>
    import simplejson
  File "src/lanshark/simplejson/__init__.py", line 95, in <module>
    from decoder import JSONDecoder
  File "src/lanshark/simplejson/decoder.py", line 6, in <module>
    from simplejson.scanner import Scanner, pattern
ImportError: cannot import name Scanner