How can I install distutils for Python on Ubuntu?

I just got some space on a VPS server(running on Ubuntu 8.04), and I'm trying to install Django on it. The server has python 2.5 installed. When I run the Django installation script, I get:

amitoj@ninja:~/Django-1.2.1$ python setup.py installTraceback (most recent call last):  File "setup.py", line 1, in <module>    from distutils.core import setupImportError: No module named distutils.core

I found plenty of information about how to install packages using distutils; but how do I get distutils itself?

_{Note that Setuptools includes a modified version of distutils that includes sub-modules which were never part of the original distutils. See stdlib's distutils vs setuptools' distutils. When these sub-modules are needed, Setuptools must be installed anyway.}

_{Also note that Setuptools is needed to get this functionality for Python 3.12 onward, because Distutils has been removed from the standard library. See Why did I get an error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'?. It may also be necessary within virtual environments, as in Windows: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'.}

_{However, if you have an ordinary Python distribution, 3.11 or older, which came with the system, on Ubuntu, and a setup.py or other code which is looking for the standard distutils functionality - the problem is that the Ubuntu maintainers have not included it with the bundled Python. It needs to be installed using the system package manager, as described in answers here.}