There are some issues with durus on windows. Error 1: File "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\durus\file.py", line 5, inimport os, os.path, fcntl ImportError: No module named fcntl Solved with: import os, os.path from os.path import exists from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, _TemporaryFileWrapper if os.name == 'nt': import win32con, win32file, pywintypes # http://sf.net/projects/pywin32/ else: import fcntl Error 2 (and too many errors): File "c:\python25\lib\site-packages\durus\storage_server.py", line 11, in from grp import getgrnam, getgrgid ImportError: No module named grp Solved with: import os if os.name != 'nt': from grp import getgrnam, getgrgid from os import unlink, stat, chown, geteuid, getegid, umask, getpid from pwd import getpwnam, getpwuid I compiled durus with: python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32 install Bye! -- Sergio Álvarez Muñoz (xergio) León-Madrid - Spain email: mail@xergio.net xmpp: xergio@jabberland.com web: http://xergio.net