From a2101b42b0a69f83e00007bc407bc8d709d63b28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mattih11 <95478691+mattih11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:18:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] python3-setuptools integrated in manual.md

While testing on Ubuntu 24.10 I realized that python3-distutils can not be installed. Using apt install python3-setuptools is working. I added this to the manual, to help other users circumvent this problem
---
 doc/user_manual.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index 8f7452148..33e8e7768 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ If your host is >= buster, also install the following package.
 apt install python3-distutils
 ```
 
+The python3-distutils is deprecated and was replaced with python3-setuptools. If your apt complains about not finding python3-distutils, try the following instead:
+```
+apt install python3-setuptools
+```
+
 **NOTE:** sbuild version (<=0.78.1) packaged in Debian Buster doesn't support
 `$apt_keep_downloaded_packages` option which is required in Isar for
 populating `${DL_DIR}/deb`. So, host `sbuild` in this case should be manually