There are binary PyLucene 1.9.1 Debian Stable (Sarge) packages for the i386, amd64, and powerpc architectures. To install PyLucene add the following apt repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://www.canonical.org/debian/ sarge main then run the following commands: apt-get update apt-get install python2.4-pylucene PyLucene only works with Python 2.4 so to make use of it ensure you are using /usr/bin/python2.4 and not /usr/bin/python.