can not install python-beautifulsoup

[shrini]

getting the following error on installing python-beautifulsoup

shrinivasan@shrinivasan-laptop:~$ sudo easy_install python-beautifulsoup
Searching for python-beautifulsoup
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/python-beautifulsoup/
Couldn't find index page for 'python-beautifulsoup' (maybe misspelled?)
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/
No local packages or download links found for python-beautifulsoup
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('python-beautifulsoup')

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 3 00:18:50 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: python-beautifulsoup (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: beautifulsoup
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

Can you try:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f python-beautifulsoup

.. then paste the results?

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!